A different view

Saddam to Die Die Die

Reading the reports on Saddam Hussein's execution reminds me of the horrific documentaries on Russia's prison executions. At some unknown time a small window in the door to a prisoner's cell would open and the prisoner would be shot. This while friends and family waited outside hoping to get a chance to signal before the final act.

Russia has stopped these executions, the European Union won't allow member states to conduct death sentences, even Turkey has stopped in hopes of joining the EU.

In the US we make the executions very public. However, despite proof that capital punishment is meted out with a strong measure of innacuracy and bigotry the US continues to conduct executions. Bush's adopted state of Texas continues to set records in the number of people put away. Children, mentally challenged, foreigners with poor representation it doesn't matter as long as they're dead.

In Iraq we originally tried to conduct Hussein's trial with no audio feed. We've done everything we can to ensure that Hussein is quickly put away without an opportunity to accuse the US of supporting his government and it's NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) armament.

When Hussein was required to submit a report of his armaments he did, along with a list of US and British companies that supplied the elemements. The Bush administration made sure this document was quickly classified and kept away from prying journalists.

Now Hussein may be put to death at any time in the next month. Any moment, any day. We won't know until it's over.

But I wonder, is the quick execution a matter of meting out justice, or a convenience for US CEOs and politicians that might be embarrassed by his disclosures? And by calling for this blood price, might we not be allowing the real criminals here in the US to escape justice? Is it just a coincidence that both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden have been on the CIA payroll?

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posted by don1one @ 10:56 PM