Saddam's Hanging: America Open Your Eyes

2007-01-07 admin

When the invasion of Iraq was started by the Usa with its 'shock and awe' tactics, the world was stunned.

The UN was carrying out routine investigations after allegations of weapons of mass destruction, and never found any. Hans Blix resigned over that issue.

Whatever war heads were found were being disposed of by Saddam as requested by the UN - yet, unexpected, ferociously, and with no
plausible excuse, George W Bush 'defense ' mob invaded.

Blasting,
bomb after bomb, a merciless, relentless, blind and illegal war started without reason, no law, nor restraint.

There were occasional unfounded mentions of links of the Iraqi Government to Al Qaida, but no such links ever existed, nor proven.

Then journalists in
Iraq started
dropping like flies.

In fact, they were directly targeted by the US Army: as in the case of Terry Lloyd, on ITV. The first news that had come out on the BBC, probably from the embedded crews, was that 'Basra
had fallen'.

But Basra had not fallen at all, and Terry appeared in a newsflash anticipating the announcement of a live video report from Basra proving the contrary.
Terry was killed by the US Army before he could report the news that Basra had not fallen. His crew disappeared, nobody knows what happened. The British Government
is not moving a finger

Then the
Calipari-Sgrena affair. Nicola Calipari was a top man of Italian Intelligence, and had just completed a rescue operation of hostage journalist Giuliana Sgrena. On their way to the airport where
the plane was waiting, their car was attacked by a Us military squad - and one single bullet shot by a special marksman trained at the New
York Police Department was aimed at the back of Sgrena's head. When she ducked to hide from the gunshots that were being fired, the bullet hit the middle of Calipari's forehead. He died as a hero. Investigations to date
have been little conclusive.

In Iraq, since the day the Usa started bombing, there has been an escalation of horror and destruction, abuse in the prisons, in the streets, felony and villainy throughout.

That's America's democracy, America's justice?.

Saddam's trial was a complete farce. As many point out, the defense was weak and did not manage to make their case.

The man was no saint, he was accused of 148 deaths in Dujail, which is a horrible crime. Nothing however in comparison to the scores of journalists, service people, civilians including women and children who are dying in Iraq every day.

Thousands dead American soldiers, in addition to human casualties from all nations, and uncountable Iraqis. Who is going to be trialled and sentenced by whom for those deaths? Anyone obvious comes to mind?

I have not watched the video of Saddam's hanging.

I stopped short of clicking the 'play' button as the movie was buffering on my desktop, was feeling a little sick just by reading the description.
It was around new year.
I needed a drink.
I got one.

I clicked on another link instead.

To give a man a passive and defenseless death at the hands of his worst enemies is the lowest and most cowardly form of justice that could ever be conceived.

Bush says it was not dignified.

I think it was as dignified as it could possibly be given the circumstances.

For some reason Saddam's obituaries don't read as
well in comparison to the obituaries of Augusto Pinochet.

Despite being responsible for innumerable crimes, he was never convicted and died in peace in his home town.
In fact Pinochet comes across simply as not a particularly nice guy

Saddam was no saint - but did have a few merits: he spoke his mind out rather openly, a rare quality in the backstabbing world of international politics.

He managed to keep Iraq a relatively stable country, despite its internal turmoil, and did not
'kiss ass' to an oil-thirsty Usa.

He has paid the price of his privilege with a helpless death.

Now some middle class America appears shocked by the video of Saddam's hanging.

Why?

This is America's justice, and the world has got to see it.

Otherwise, we would not believe it.

The guy who made the video has been arrested they say.
Arrested?
Hay, what about the first amendment, and freedom of the press?

Wouldn't the Berkman Center at Harvard want to investigate such abuse?

Who is going to give a prize to the author of this video for the 'best citizen's journalism?'

A few images in the course of history have managed to make people revolt against war. Like the photo of the screaming girl in Vietnam.

I hope Saddam's video may have the same effect.

America, wake up.
Open your eyes.

Stop worrying about the tyranny of world leaders who don't kiss ass to your government, and start worrying about democracy, peace, freedom
and accountable leadership in your own country.

It looks to me that you've got some hanging to do.
(Eye for an eye?)

PDM

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