I received a text this morning at about 8am from a news website in South Africa. The text simply said: "Saddam Hussein Executed". This was enough.

Most people would think that this sort of text would fill you with something slightly positive. But not me. I'm not sure why. I'm not going to explain the intricacies of the hanging because it's all over the news anyways. I am going to say that I think that the killing of any man as an example is a silly move. Hanging a man will not end the violence in Iraq. It will not make the fighting stop and the people calm down. In fact I think that it will do the opposite.

How can it be claimed that the death of a man, the murder of a man is a move in the right direction for a newly democratic state. Saddam deserved to die, he deserved to suffer but he was made an example of by the Americans who dominate Iraq. 30 people have already been killed in Iraq by a car bomb after the hanging. Violence will not stop. One man does not equal peace or war in many situations.

Saddam should have been made more of an example of by keeping him alive, by showing other dictators and people who wish to follow in his path what will happen to you if you make the mistakes he did. Keep him alive and punish him for the rest of his living days. Do not give him the pleasure and satisfaction of a death that is fairly swift.

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I know, I know, it will never happen, but man would it be funny to see George Bush's face addressing the nation telling them that Saddam had made it out?!

A little bit of humour to keep us all moving.

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Saddam Hussein has been handed the death penalty. He has been handed the knot. And I guess it's no big surprise really to anyone who knows almost anything about politics and the U.S of A.

He was found guilty of murder, forced deportation and torture. The interesting and strange thing I find, it is fairly obvious, is that he is being put to death for crimes that took place more than 20 years ago. Rather late than never I always say. Hey?


Look at him in all his great glory. This picture is courtesy of Sky News as well as the info above.

But (yes there's always a but) Jen sent me another article, something a bit more interesting, another take on things, if you will. I'm gonna give you the abridged version here. Read the full story if you like. And it goes a little something like this:

1. It'll make the security situation worse.
2. It'll make Saddam a martyr.
3. The court has also awarded a death sentence to itself.
4. The trial's fairness is dubious.
5. The new regime is squandering a chance to prove it's better than the old one.
6. The death penalty is just wrong.

In short, if Saddam gets it (and he will) then groups rallying for Saddam will lose it, worse than Saddam loses it. They will go absolutely mental all up in there and shit will hit the fan-eth. Civil unrest is certainly on the cards. Saddam looks shit hot, albeit dead, for dying for his cause. His supporters grow stronger and braver and others become more cautious and confused. The involved prosecutors, judges and families are sure to pay for their insolence. Some have already died (murdered if you choose) and others surely will. Death penalties are morally questionable. Aren't they? And finally, the trial wasn't all that legit now was it?

I think this can be seen as a small victory on the battle field but a great loss for the war.

*Certain inserts have been lifted from Dominic Knight. Follow the link above for the full story.

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