To all those who object to the hanging of Saddam Hussein; whether based on religion, international relations, external policies, human rights, animal rights, any rights please think of all those he put in the human meat grinder, think of the prisoners in underground prisons which he built shut before he went in to hiding. Think of all those who are suffering now & today, think of all the children killed by his chemical warfare and those left deformed.
Think of everyone who has lost a father, a mother, a sister, a brother a child or any member of family under his rule. Think of all the girls who were raped and murdered by his sons of which he knew about, Think of all the MEN who were raped under his rule, think of the victims where he'd let loose on them trained vicious dogs hungered for days, think of all the academics who were tortured and executed,
Think of those who were executed by mistake, and then his regime would apologise for it. "Sorry we executed your son by mistake".
So when you can place yourself in any of their shoes - NOT - whilst sitting in the comforts of your home then we will listen to you defend him.
Oh! As for all who claim Arab nationalism/Islam, where were you when Saddam was doing all this to his people? Busy feeding the fire of fanaticism or stoking it with sectarian thoughts. WHERE WERE YOU THEN? Islamists claiming this to be inhuman and humiliating and against the religion; think of the many torture chambers with stains of blood that the years can't remove. Think of Iraq during the past 20 years when people had no drinking water at times when Saddam would save all the sweet water for his dolphinarium. Money spent on his fine suits and arms while children were getting sicker by the minute.
His death may or may not solve much, his absence is better than his presence & his death, though tame in manner compared to what he usually likes, is some form of peace for all REMAINING relatives of his victims.
If anything, please have some respect for some of his victims, may you never see what they saw.
i dunno really what to say to what you said.. one thing i cannot do is disagree with you.. and one thing i hope for is a bit more respect.. actually a lot more respect..
ReplyDeleteno respect was shown to the thousands of people killed under saddam,, and no respect was shown for him during his execution..
i hope for change, but i doubt it will anytime soon,, not with the americans around as a distabilising force in the whole region.
Saddam desrves no respect neither at death nor after. Let us not argue about that, I will just be repeating the article and replacing the word as such: where was his respect to all who practiced Islam under his rule and were persecuted & executed (of any sect) where was the respect of the world when he would not allow families a funeral service for their loved ones.
ReplyDeleteWhere was the respect when families were asked to never open coffins and to not weep for their loss otherwise they'd follow suit.
Where was the respect that others crave for him when he sodomized grown men with broken pepsi bottles.
where was the respect when out of poverty inflicted by his selfish regime people would sell their doors to feed their children.
Where is the respect when a father has no more money, no things to sell, finally buys a big fish to feed his family (unbeknownst to them)their last meal - because he will not steal, he will not be a pimp and he will not kill innocents to feed his family
That is, unfortunately, the characteristic of some of the new generation of Iraqi's that is part of Saddam's Legacy. Pimps, Theives, Prostitutes, Murderers and other wonderful additions to society. They ar the ones who now demand respect, who command it, who are cause of the wonderful RESPECTABLE reputation that Iraqi's now have globally.
You ask for respect for him during execution?
The only respect lacking was that for a system.
hmmm... Saddam was a bully in addition to all what you've written below. No doubt about that.
ReplyDeleteAs for respect, I am not going to argue about the lack of it when it came to Saddam and his dirty laundry. However, when it comes to a court of law and to executions, maybe respect is not the word, but perhaps order of some kind is what I was looking for. Otherwise it takes from the authority of the people claiming to do the deed.
Please do not presume that I defend him in any way I just object to the way his chapter was closed. At the end of the day, two wrongs do not make a right.
Very well said. It certainly echoes everything that Iraqi friends have told me about Saddam, some from first hand experience.
ReplyDeleteI don't "object" to the hanging as such, though I found it sad and disturbing, and I have objections to the way the whole trial was carried out. But he got more justice than any of the people who died by his command.
To you L...
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I feel I am proud of my self steeling that kiss from your lips. Because those lips saying these words, desearve to be kissed, inspite of your other 'bad' manners :)