i am canadian...totally pro american/pro israel too...pro war on terror/afghanistan/iraq...i would support going into iran and in fact expect that at some point it will happen
BUT...as we await the imminent execution of saddam...i can't shake this fealing i have...i don't know why but i feel like i don't want it to happen
why am i feeling this way?
Well, why do you think you feel this way?
Doing what needs doing is rarely easy.
The man earned his fate many times over. There are many Iraqis that will live in fear as long as he breaths. They fear somehow he will return and seek his revenge.
Let the book be closed.
why am i feeling this way?"
Perhaps because you are a "closet" Bleeding Heart Liberal?
I bet you're a life-long Republican... and frequent, CSPAN caller.
You said what I have been feeling/thinking too.
Sometimes when a character/personality has been made to be 'bigger than life' and Saddam certainly maintained a 'bigger than life' persona one can feel uneasy when that person is brought down to real size.
I am hoping this is why I am feeling very uneasy about his immenent punishment. That it is because I have subscribed to him a stature that he was undeserving of and not because his death will be a signal to radical factions in the Middle East.
There are reasons for which they are trying to keep his hanging quiet. We should respect those reasons and let not loose lips sink ships. Media coverage of the event needs to be blacked out.
In the midst of listening to the theme from "Hang 'em High" I got the same feeling. I was laughing about the impending death of a human being, one that I have seen on TV, and therefore feel like I know, not some faceless enemy. Saddam deserves a fate worse than death, and we should be glad when justice has been served. Perhaps we feel a certain moral twinge at our happiness, even humor, over the taking of a human life. I think it's right to feel that way, and I'm not sure that we should ever celebrate a death. We should celebrate justice.
Evil's gravity pulls on your weaknesses.
Because you are opposed to the death penalty.
Perhaps you don't believe in the death penalty or you're afraid of the repercussions that his hanging may bring?
.....why am i feeling this way?......
Stop feeling, start thinking.
Are you generally against the death penalty?
I have deep, nagging feelings about his execution too. I want them to hurry & get it over with, but I have several concerns. One is that I'm not sure I trust the Iraqis to actually keep him in custody until his hanging - I'm afraid there are forces on the inside that will help him escape.
Secondly, possibly your sense of foreboding is what may happen after news of his execution comes public. Right now, they have that pilgrimage thingy going on where there are thousands of fervently devout muslims all crowded in one place. Something like this could set them off & something horrible could happen (although I say, 'have at it' - as long as it is muslims killing muslims).
But maybe your concerns are that attacks will be set off & many of us in the West will be murdered and general mayhem will ensue. That is a valid concern. There is also the possibility that the middle eastern peoples will just shrug & say - "he really deserved it".
I think, if he is already executed - they may be holding onto that news until it "cools down" a bit & maybe until this holy pilgrimage event ends. That may be wise.
He's had a huge influence on the region, exerting dictatorial control for decades, and he still has his backers.
I think what you're feeling is simple fear. Sometimes it takes guts to do what needs to be done.
And yes, negative consequences are possible. But it's not like our enemies aren't already doing almost all they can to destroy us, our children and our entire way of life.
You can't be soft with evil, because if you are, evil will surely take every opportunity to establish absolute dominance over you. If given the opportunity, Saddam would have ruled Canada with an iron fist. Evil men know no bounds in their ambitions.
Because you are Canadian. Canada has become a nation of second guessers and navel gazers. Maybe it is because it absorbed so many of the US's cowards or just because of breathing all of their secondhand pot smoke. :) Where is the legacy of the mounties that always get their man or the Yukon fur traders? Canada has always been USA-lite.
Doing what's right and doing what's easy are usually different things. The news media is doing all kinds of hand-wringing about the violence that Saddam's execution will bring from "insurgents". Trust me, a huge majority of Iraqis will be partying and dancing when this bastard swings. He should've been whacked 17 years ago during Desert Storm.
Nevertheless, some people prove they are too evil to be given the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", as they have denied it to so many others, often brutally, with no remorse or regard to the humanity of those they have brutalized.
Such people we must deal with coldly and severely. That's just the way it is.
I don't know. Perhaps you're simply a pessimist.
Now I will tell you my feeling. My feeling is that once we kill this evil asshole, things will take a turn for the better in Iraq.
I feel that a big part of the Iraq "quagmire" is that quite a few Iraqis believe in the possibility that Saddam would be restored to his dictatorship, and that they may be placed into the plastic shredder for speaking out against him.
I also feel that this should have been done long ago.
I can understand this feeling....
We are having our 38th President laid to rest with alot of people in one area....and in NYC the Ball is going to be dropping for New Year's Eve and alot of people will be in one area...there will be alot of people in one area all over America on New Year's Eve, so yes I can understand why you would feel this way...its the way the terrorists work, they put it in your mind, and it stays there....
Wasn't it just a day or two ago that the second in command of the terrorists said that if we hang Saddam there will be, I don't remember the word they used, but if we did this we would be sorry we did, yep I can understand this feeling you have....I don't have that feeling, I want this sick piece of flesh disposed of sooner than later...
Can't wait!
Maybe I'll form a new rock band and call it the Swinging Saddams or something.