Posted on 01/04/2007 5:59:20 PM PST by Chi-townChief
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed last week. We’re told he committed all kinds of crimes. In fact, most of the “evidence” was detailed on the FOX Cable News Network, which in the United States, constitutes clear and convincing evidence of truth.
Why have a real trial?
In fact, many people in the Arab World believe that while Saddam Hussein was guilty and deserved to be tried, the trial in Baghdad was a sham conducted by an occupation government in Iraq controlled by the United States.
Everyone knows by now that we didn’t invade Iraq because of Weapons of Mass Destruction, of claims that Saddam Hussein was working with al-Qaeda because those claims are now all proven lies. Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with Sept. 11, 2001.
But we all also know that President Bush lied about the reasons to invade Iraq. So, why shouldn’t many people believe that Bush had other motives for ordering the invasion of Iraq and even the murder of Saddam Hussein and the murder of his two sons, grandson and several other relatives who were bombed to death by American fighter jets on March 19, 2003, the act that launched the invasion?
Even uglier are the details of Saddam Hussein’s execution.
That must really be a very proud moment for Americans to know how well our system worked under our direction. Saddam Hussein remained in American custody through his alleged “trial” and up to the moment of his killing by hanging.
The prisoner was taunted and insulted by the guards as they walked him to his death.
The truth eventually always comes out despite the lies spread by bigots like Sean Hannity at FOX Cable News, Glenn Beck at CNN and bigoted columnists like Cal Thomas and their ilk.
And the truth is something that Americans should know, rather than pretend never happened. The truth is what makes a Democracy and dealing with the truth is what makes people really free.
Freedom is not something we read in a press release and then wrap our arms around it praising it as evidence of principle, when it is not truth but merely propaganda in an unjust war that has taken more than 3,000 innocent American lives overseas.
While the propaganda media continued to insist that Saddam Hussein died with “fear in his face,” we now know that he died with determination and strength. That any fear he showed is the same fear that any human might show when facing death, but his fear was exaggerated to portray propaganda and to taint the truth.
Saddam Hussein walked to the gallows and scoffed back at those who taunted him asking them if they had any dignity or if they were even “men.”
Wow. I admire that strength. I admire that ability to stand up to bigoted, hateful distorted principle and the ability to look back at a scam, kangaroo court system and raise your head high as you walked to certain death.
How many of us could do that?
Certainly not President Bush, who cowered in the face of duty during the Vietnam War, preferring to hide in a national guard unit rather than join his generation (as I and others our age did) in choosing to serve active duty, risking possible death ourselves.
Saddam Hussein’s death does nothing to change the truth that we pretend to not see. The truth is often ugly and even painful. The truth is something we find ourselves struggling to avoid, to cover-up and replace with more appealing things, called lies.
The truth is Saddam Hussein never received a fair trial at all. Rather than being an example of the Democracy that Americans were told could be hoisted high as an inspiration to lead others toward the noble experiment that continues to be America, Saddam Hussein’s murder is little more than another example of how justice is trampled by the mob mentality that is driving American foreign policies.
If the War in Iraq was a real war, one justified by the rule of law -- which it is not -- then Saddam Hussein technically was a prisoner of war and should not have been tried until after the war.
But not even Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney really believe that the war is a justified war. They’ve thumbed their noses at the Fourth Geneva Conventions, sullied the fundamentals of the American Constitution with their personal agendas, and even have successfully thwarted the ability of the American news media to be the instruments of truth and the guardians of justice, embedding most mainstream media in the Bush-Cheney bed of lies.
As long as the children of others are being told to go fight that dirty war in Iraq, we Americans are so “patriotic.” But imagine if they re-imposed a draft and it was your son or daughter who had to leave the comfort of this country to go fight an unjust, illegal, unprincipled war, all of the fears I’ve outlined would suddenly have weight.
Some might still champion the fight in Iraq, claiming it is our duty.
But I imagine most Americans would find a good reason to take pause in the bonfires of the truths that continues to burn in this country since Sept. 11, 2001. And they might imagine that they are merely pawns in a re-enactment of William Golding’s powerful drama “Lord of the Flies.”
If you really care about the future of this country, go back and read that book or rent the movie and watch as civilized people are easily brought to hysteria and led down a path of insanity.
And when you look in the mirror, maybe you might realize that Osama Bin Laden did more than topple the once proud icons of American power in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. His terrorists may have also succeeded in bringing our morality to its knees.
Somehow, we Americans who see the truth need to raise this country back to the level of principle, justice, morality and righteousness that served as a beacon for the rest of the darkened world.
mailto:rayhanania@aol.com
Obama is deeply saddened.
He sounds like some freepers did the other day. Screw this weenie.
This lunatic is talking about Saddam Friggin' Hussein!
Unbelievable.
Sounds like the Rev. Algore and his traveling global warming sideshow.
Nearly everything he mentioned that "we all know" is a lie. If I had a head full of such "knowledge" such as this one is I'd blow my brains out.
"Certainly not President Bush, who cowered in the face of duty during the Vietnam War, preferring to hide in a national guard unit rather than join his generation (as I and others our age did) in choosing to serve active duty, risking possible death ourselves."
Back then, it seemed like the NG was for weekend warriors and shoe clerks. But at least he joined. Nowadays, you might as well go regular because, to paraphrase Kerry, you'll end up in Iraq anyway.
Is this ass-clown a regular columnist, or some dumbf$%k who sent in an op-ed piece? I'm asking because this is over the top even for the MSM. I would expect somebody of this guy's ilk to be teaching graduate-level social science courses at an Ivy-League university.
Has anyone written him an email critical of this article to see if it shows up on his comments section? Just curious.
Wow, this guy really has his panties in a wad.
His arrogance (and claim to have the ultimate truth) is only equaled by is ignorance... so typical of the liberal elite.
Could someone please tell me exeactly who went on the record before the war to say that Iraq didn't have WMDs? Anyone, anyone, Buhler?
from 'freemuslims.org': Hanania has more than a decade experience as a senior manager for a Chicago Public Relations firm, overseeing B2B and B2C media and PR strategies. He also managed public affairs and grassroots campaigns for several major Illinois corporations in gaming, telecommunications, aviation, healthcare, liquor industry, and education.
WOW~where to start on this meat-head... hmmm... well, Ray -have you ever actually TALKED to an Iraqi??? I have... many actually. Fathers of young men killed by Uday, common folk - street vendors... just, people trying to live their lives under the shadow of a tyranical dictator and his autocratic family. Let's not forget the fathers of young women... I won't go into great detail because it's rather common knowledge - the Hussein boy's interpersonal skills with ladies.
Have you walked the streets of Baghdad? Have you seen the villages of those who dwell outside the 'cultural' areas? Better yet ~ have you spoken to a Kurd lately??? Or a Shiite???
You question links to those who would do harm to America?!? Are you freakin' serious???
You play on the fact that brave young warriors of this nation have given their lives in this cause - you pathetic ranting media whore! How friggen DARE you? There is more honor and integrity in one of those lost souls than in your entire freakin family lineage back to Noah. I would not piss on you if you were on fire.
The bulb burns dimly..............
LOTF had nothing whatsoever to do with people being "easily brought to hysteria and led down a path of insanity."
Dandy rant, sir! Thanks for your opinion and your service!
all the editorial responses posted on his site are in support of his "position"... go figure.
For an Israeli news source, no less
Incredibly, they have other communists columnists who are even more retarded and Jew-hating than he is.
Thank you... sorry it seemed 'rantish' - but this guy really P's me O.
"Rant" was not meant as a criticism. It was just fine no matter what you call it! :-)
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