So my new idea for a cat toy is in poor taste then?
Posted on 01/02/2007 11:24:14 AM PST by jmc1969
Many Iraqis wanted Saddam to be executed in public. Thanks to a single cell phone, they got it.
But three words spoiled the execution the U.S. administration and Iraqi government hoped would be a unifying moment for Iraqis: "Muqtada, Muqtada, Muqtada!"
A guard yelled Muqtada al-Sadr's name at Saddam just moments before he was hanged.
Chance at unity lost On Tuesday Iraq's chief prosecutor said the only two people with cell phones in the room during the hanging were senior Iraqi officials. Other Iraqi officials say the guards filmed it.
To many in the Middle East who watched the video (it has spread like a pandemic on the Internet and over cell phones), the execution looked like it was more about settling of old scores than delivering justice.
It was a huge missed opportunity.
Most Iraqis truly hated Saddam. His regime massacred thousands of Shiites, Kurds AND Sunnis.
But he died looking brave and dignified. Saddam refused a hood, while his hangmen were masked. Saddam looked calm and composed: his hair freshly dyed, beard trimmed, shoes polished.
His executioners looked more like a reveling lynch mob.
'Nothing to do' with it Al-Sadr's militia blew it… and knows it.
The Mahdi Army acts and then denies. On Tuesday, one of their representatives told us the group had "nothing to do" with the guard who shouted al-Sadr’s name during the execution. And they are covering it up in other ways.
Twice yesterday Shiite militiamen intimidated our crews trying to cover this story. At one point, gunmen demanded that our crew handover an interview with a young man who was proudly distributing the video to his friends on his cell phone.
Militia justice now rules much of the Iraqi streets, and some now claim, militia justice influenced Saddam's execution.
(Excerpt) Read more at onthescene.msnbc.com ...
I agree. To hear that Sadr-crap during his execution was dissapointing and annoying. It wasn't about Sadr, it was about Saddam who received justice at the hands of the Iraqis and the USA, NOT Sadr.
That being said, I don't share the hype on this. Saddam is now a windchime, and deserved it. I couldn't care less for his dignity. Also Sadr has it coming, aswell. He has overplayed his hand and will find a quick and disturbing end soon.
NO!
I'm just glad that old Saddam died with the sounds of the scorn of his countrymen ringing in his ears... and that his final words were something like "Alahu Akkkkkkhhhhhhhhgurgle"
More like: "Muhammaaaarghhhh!"
So since he went to his death all slicked up, the media believes we're supposed to feel bad for his death? I don't, and I doubt if the vast majority of the Iraqi people do, either.
There have been, since Sadaam came on the scene, people who sucked up to him, and got on his gravy train. Those people, and others who bought into their violent lie, were sad to see him die, I don't think many others were.
MSNBC? Even a broken clock...
The idiots that were chanting Muqtada's name should be held to account, if only for acting like a lynch mob at what should have been a formal and somber event. Taking a life, even the life of a filthpocket like Saddam, should not be a carnival sideshow. The more staid and quiet and businesslike, the more it would have shown that there was a new sheriff in town. I'm glad he's gone. God bless the USA for making it possible. I'm sorry it turned into just another terrorist beheading video, though.
Typical MSM/leftist misdirection at work. Saddam ruled by terror for decades and murdered many, many thousands. Establishing a government and judicial system to replace him is a terribly difficult work in progress for which much has been sacrificed. Saddam's trial, flawed though it was, represents a huge leap forward for the region. His execution was deserved and reasonably just, again by Iraqi and Arab standards. The existence of the video and the contents thereof are as nothing compared to the above, yet that is what the evil ones are shrieking about. It is the "looting" of the National Museum all over again folks.
Saddam was not beheaded, and his executioners were carrying out a legal execution order. Please try to say fewer stupid, evil things that serve to undermine our civilization. Thank you.
So my new idea for a cat toy is in poor taste then?
With any luck, Mookie will meet a similar fate--if not in this world, then certainly, in the next.
There were six guards and many witnesses. Only one idiot chanted the name of terrorist Sadr and it is not clear at all if it was a guard or a witness.
Brave and Dignified??? He looked as submissive as a beaten puppy.
The writer is wrong. Saddam looked confused, bewildered and frightened. In no way did he resemble the confident dictator that he used to be. Just a sad, old, man... whose heart has always been filled with evil.
Al Sadr should have been hung alongside Saddam. That would have shown bipartisanship.
I guess your pov is not particularly popular, but I do agree. It was a missed chance to show the Iraqi people how a real government and judicial system works.
I was also surprised they handed him over to be buried in a known spot. I thought they were concerned about it becoming a shrine or something.
I had hoped I wouldn't have to explain the concept of metaphor, but here it is: I make a comparison without using the word "like" or "as" in order to create a greater impact than I could achieve with a simile.
As to the second part of your attack, I believe I stated quite clearly that I supported what was done, but I disagreed with the atmosphere in which it was carried out. I would have preferred a more civilized, less tribal scene when a brutal dictator was rightfully executed by a democratic authority. How does that undermine our civilization?
Finally, please try to say fewer stupid, evil things that serve to undermine our conversation. Thank you.
A three year 'rush to lynch' then.....
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