Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
Saddam Hussein was the best thing to ever happen to Iraq. I mean, not the Kurds, but everyone else. He secularized the state, implemented universal healthcare and free education plans, and greatly advanced women's rights. I mean, maybe he wasn't the most tolerant absolute ruler ever, but maintaining a unified country full of minorities is rough--especially when they're trying to kill you.
Also, had the trial been held in any other country or judicial system, it would have been declared a mistrial. The whole thing was a circus. It didn't even have a consistent judge and I join the former president in questioning even the legitimacy of the court in which he was tried. It was a pageant and his subsequent execution was a crime.
I'm not condoning genocide by any means...I'm just saying that his execution was unjust and that the media paints a very one-sided picture of his reign. He was, basically, the Abraham Lincoln of Iraq--reviled by half of Iraq, revered by the other half, and, above all, a patriot dedicated to the preservation of his country, even at the cost of many lives.
Also, he had such a warm smile! He and his daughter look so nice!
Also, I will never be convinced that they executed the real Saddam Hussein.
Also, had the trial been held in any other country or judicial system, it would have been declared a mistrial. The whole thing was a circus. It didn't even have a consistent judge and I join the former president in questioning even the legitimacy of the court in which he was tried. It was a pageant and his subsequent execution was a crime.
I'm not condoning genocide by any means...I'm just saying that his execution was unjust and that the media paints a very one-sided picture of his reign. He was, basically, the Abraham Lincoln of Iraq--reviled by half of Iraq, revered by the other half, and, above all, a patriot dedicated to the preservation of his country, even at the cost of many lives.
Also, he had such a warm smile! He and his daughter look so nice!
Also, I will never be convinced that they executed the real Saddam Hussein.
posted by jw at
4:55 PM
2 Comments:
Happy New Year yourself, chum.
And as for Saddam, I agree that it was a huge tactical error to kill him. It seemed totally random. But the best thing ever to happen to Iraq? Come on, chum. Maybe for the first few years of his...whatever.
But his daughter is smoking. Figuratively.
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