... " 'Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence,' al-Maliki's office quoted him as saying during a meeting with relatives before the hanging." ...
Amen to that. Iraqis were mixed in their reactions to the death of Hussein. Even given the mixed reaction in Iraq, I would be willing to bet the people who survived his massacres were happy to see him hanged.
American TV channels are probably still debating on whether to show the hanging, all this while they apparently never bothered to show the heinous crimes committed by the tyrant either. I think many of us right here in the States would have no problem with the death of this dictator being televised. Most of us are already burning up Google searching for a video of the hanging. It's not like we didn't know what he was; many of us are happy to see justice served.
Godspeed, Iraq. Job well done.
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Looks like Bill Adkins has to post here since his leader (M. Nickolas') blog has been ... well ... a little on the quiet side this weekend.
Interesting events NOW happening at a new blog called, the rural democrat.
theruraldemocrat.blogspot.com
The blog was set up because Mr. Nickolas deleted and banned a fellow named William Hayes and his pal David. My, my! What a trip.
No, the rural democrat is NOT a hate site like the Nickolas site is. It is tame much like this one. Lots of exposure coming out on Nickolas and maybe ... maybe ... that's why Nickolas has kept under radar this weekend?
Anyway, didn't mean to interupt this thread. I am mixed on the hanging ONLY because it seems that 45 days after a trial is a short time. Not that Hussein could have or would have been innocent from the crimes - I certainly have no problem with the death of that dictator.
And yes, I have an uncensored comments section because I do believe in freedom of speech and its value to everyone. Some comments simply act as character witnesses to the commentor's own intellect and that's simply priceless!
I don't normally run into your comments elsewhere, Bill. Just that one where you slung yet another goofy name out there to slam someone on another Conservative blog. I just think it's funny, really.
I don't read much at all on "BGR" (by the way "Bluegrass" is one word) because I dislike the acerbic tone and the fact that much of the comments there are simply echoes of the post -- echo chambers don't appeal to me, especially when they're so negative all the time.
Seems to me that like attracts like -- I hope that since Nickolas is so keen on dishing it out, he can take it. Negativism only breeds discontent and enemies. There's not a thing wrong with writing your opinions in a civil tone. As my granny used to say, "you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
Good point on the negativism comment. Especially the part about the GOP gaining ground via their keeping their cool & not spouting negative shots at people.
If you missed it, you can read/see it here: http://www.kdp.pp.se/old/chemical.html
As for what channels I watch, I don't have as much time for TV as I used to. I used to watch an awful lot of CSPAN and Metro TV. Were they showing Hussein's atrocities on other channels and I somehow missed it while I was glued to a Senate vote?...
Yes, I know the attack on the Kurds happened in 1988, Bill. Linking failures in that area at that time to the current Bush administration is a huge stretch. All I'm saying is that those attacks were important to me personally. I could not believe we stood by and allowed this to happen after we supported the dictatorship of Hussein to begin with! Enemy of my enemy is my friend was a bad foreign policy back then. It came back not only to bite us in the rear but to bite the Kurds as well.
And one other thing: WMDs have NOT been proven non-existent. They've simply not been found on Iraqi soil yet and may never been found. You and I and the rest of the world know they were in Iraq in 1988 and Hussein himself made sure that we couldn't confirm their existence or elimination for many, many, many years afterward.
It's ridiculous to insist that the WMDs we KNOW Hussein had in 1988 are now suddenly non-existent. If they exist, they may eventually turn up -- maybe in Iraq, maybe elsewhere. If they are non-existent, that's simply impossible to prove. So, let's you and I agree to be intellectually honest about that, okay?
I'll make you a deal: If you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the WMDs Hussein had are non-existent, I'll vote Democrat in the next election. If I can prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the WMDs Hussein had DO exist, you'll vote Republican in the next election. Deal?