Saturday, December 30, 2006
The Unedifying Death Of Saddam.
The death of Saddam Hussain, hanged with undue haste after his deeply flawed and bizarre trial for the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the village of Dujail, and before his separate trial for the slaughter of thousands of Kurds could reach its conclusion, is an ‘important milestone’ according to George Bush.
The fact that Saddam’s execution was no more than a lynching, carried out by puppets blatantly obeying the orders of their American masters, will not worry Bush - it has long been clear that world opinion, human rights, morals and the rest hold little if any truck with the cowboy from Texas and his White House cohorts.
The ordinary people of America, however, may feel the next ‘milestone’ due to be reached within the next couple of weeks – that of the 3,000th US serviceman or woman to be killed in Iraq fighting a losing battle in an illegal war, is considerably more important.
That aside, while few apart from Saddam’s staunchest supporters will mourn him, surely thousands must feel betrayed at not seeing justice done for loved ones cruelly butchered, and who were looking forward to having their day in court, telling their stories on their relatives behalf and helping bring about justice with, hopefully, some sort of closure.
But justice for the Kurds was always going to expose the Americans, who fully supported Saddam in the war against Iran, hence the kangaroo court and the fast track execution.
Of course, questions now arise, as one despot meets his end on the gallows, what of the other players in this deadly game?
What justice for the unknown number of Iraqis who have met with horrific death or injuries at the end of a uranium-tipped missile, phosphorous, or shells fired by the US military, by torture at the hands of US backed Iraqi police, military or government agencies – Iraqi and American, those tortured in Abu Graibh prison, or even by the sanctions imposed before this Bush/Hussein family feud finally spilled over into conflagration like oil flowing over the lip of the frying pan into the fire?
Will Bush, Britain’s Blair and the others in the coalition ever be brought before an international court (as Saddam should have been) to answer for the lies, the deaths, the war crimes and human rights abuses that have tainted the West, the rules of modern civilization, and made the US and the UK less safe places to live?
See all recent posts.
The fact that Saddam’s execution was no more than a lynching, carried out by puppets blatantly obeying the orders of their American masters, will not worry Bush - it has long been clear that world opinion, human rights, morals and the rest hold little if any truck with the cowboy from Texas and his White House cohorts.
The ordinary people of America, however, may feel the next ‘milestone’ due to be reached within the next couple of weeks – that of the 3,000th US serviceman or woman to be killed in Iraq fighting a losing battle in an illegal war, is considerably more important.
That aside, while few apart from Saddam’s staunchest supporters will mourn him, surely thousands must feel betrayed at not seeing justice done for loved ones cruelly butchered, and who were looking forward to having their day in court, telling their stories on their relatives behalf and helping bring about justice with, hopefully, some sort of closure.
But justice for the Kurds was always going to expose the Americans, who fully supported Saddam in the war against Iran, hence the kangaroo court and the fast track execution.
Of course, questions now arise, as one despot meets his end on the gallows, what of the other players in this deadly game?
What justice for the unknown number of Iraqis who have met with horrific death or injuries at the end of a uranium-tipped missile, phosphorous, or shells fired by the US military, by torture at the hands of US backed Iraqi police, military or government agencies – Iraqi and American, those tortured in Abu Graibh prison, or even by the sanctions imposed before this Bush/Hussein family feud finally spilled over into conflagration like oil flowing over the lip of the frying pan into the fire?
Will Bush, Britain’s Blair and the others in the coalition ever be brought before an international court (as Saddam should have been) to answer for the lies, the deaths, the war crimes and human rights abuses that have tainted the West, the rules of modern civilization, and made the US and the UK less safe places to live?
See all recent posts.
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