Victor Pross Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) Saddam Hussein was captured by forces from the 4th Infantry Division, coalition forces and special operations forces at approximately 8 p.m. local time on December 13, 2003, in a remote farm house near Tikrit, Iraq. He was executed not more than an hour ago from the posting of this notification. Is this news to cheer among all Objectivists? I say it's good news, period. Let's put it this way: It could not have happened to a more deserving butcher. Edited December 30, 2006 by Victor Pross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq30 December 2006BBC NewsFrom the article:"Criminal Saddam was hanged to death," state-run Iraqiya television announced, as patriotic music and images of national monuments were broadcast.A scrolling headline read: "Saddam's execution marks the end of a dark period of Iraq's history."The TV station said Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court were also hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 It's nice that at least one don't get to live out his days on the Riveria or in Latin America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) There is never true solace to be found from an execution. Not really. It is always a sadness.That being said: Fuck you, sporty pants...have a nice day.The concept of Hell is convenient, in certain cases. rdeYeah, you thought we forgot all about that woodchipper and soccer team shit, didn't you, em-effer. Not! Edited December 30, 2006 by Rich Engle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalePower Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Goodbye and good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Now we can move on to the other one on the top two list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhorse Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Justice has been served. Time to unleash the dogs of war upon Osama bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Campbell Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 blackhorse,Ahmadinejad shouldn't be equated with the late Saddam.As an absolute ruler, Saddam was the chief bad guy in Iraq.Ahmadinejad is plenty bad, but he merely reports to the chief bad guy in Iran. He is a flunky of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Under the theocratic regime instituted in 1979 it is the council of 5 senior ayatollahs, with Khamenei at its head, that rules Iran. Ahmadinejad was chosen in an election from which any reasonably popular politician who opposed Khamenei was deliberately excluded.Robert Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Pross Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) I bet the historical revisionists of the Islamic and Western worlds will be working hard to turn the dead Iraqi dictator into something other than what he was—a murdering tyrant, a sadistic autocrat. They will declare he was a martyr, a warrior who died battling the Great White Satan of the United States, a victim of a kangaroo court. The truth is, of course, Saddam was the author of his own destruction. He ruled by fear, torture and murder. The execution was too good for him. Edited December 31, 2006 by Victor Pross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Robert; Your point is well made. We don't need to go to war with Iran. The people want to get rid of the mullahs. The last Iranian election shows that the Iranian people want to move to a more republican government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Pross Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 blackhorse,Ahmadinejad shouldn't be equated with the late Saddam.As an absolute ruler, Saddam was the chief bad guy in Iraq.Ahmadinejad is plenty bad, but he merely reports to the chief bad guy in Iran. He is a flunky of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Under the theocratic regime instituted in 1979 it is the council of 5 senior ayatollahs, with Khamenei at its head, that rules Iran. Ahmadinejad was chosen in an election from which any reasonably popular politician who opposed Khamenei was deliberately excluded.Robert CampbellMahmoud Ahmadinejad should also be executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Robert,I agree. Also, the guy's days seem to be numbered.If anyone has the stomach to see the video of Saddam being hung, here it is on Panda Chute:Leaked Saddam Being Hung VideoHere is the same one on Google Video (with many other posted videos captioning the hanging):Video of Saddam Hussein being executedMichael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMF Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Now we can move on to the other one on the top two list.Kevin Federline? I can't bring myself to watch the video...but at the same time I really want to. Such a trainwreck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Superb news. I wish the video had been of better quality.Judith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 He was granted more diginity then Hussein ever granted many of his victims. A sad thing to consider is that Castro will die in bed if he has not already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dailey Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) ~ As Chris said, he WAS granted 'more' dignity...than he (or ANY 'dic[k]tator) deserved.~ He should have been hanged 'in company' with the others of his subordinates as the thugs they all were. A-N-D, all of the globe should be privy to 'seeing' such; one can only hope for the same, re Bin Laden.~ An aside: I'd guess that any discussion re 'public executions' should now be a moot and very academic point, since clearly there's no way such will be avoided, given the Web, argued for/against TV-showings or non.LLAPJ:DP.S: re Castro: wonder if the 'bird in the bed' is worse, or better (to deal with), than the 'bird behind the bed'? Edited December 31, 2006 by John Dailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Pross Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Wow. I saw the video MSK linked...Saddam was well hung. Er...that is, I mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I'm glad justice was served and we can start a new year without this creature among us. I hope they will now find Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice as well. There are very few truly evil men in the world and there is one less today. I wish for a better world where such evil monsters cannot thrive and gain power as Saddam Hussain did. Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Kat; I second and thank you. Happy New Year everyone!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Should anyone feel a twinge of pity for Saddam, they should read the following report:Baathed in Blood: Chronicling the horror, and scope, of Saddam's tyrannyby Gerard AlexanderMay 22, 2006That should cure any renegade pity in the hearts of good people. I caught this report on another website (over "there"). It comes from an interesting-looking publication: The Weekly Standard. (Good caricatures, too.)Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Michael; I don't know about this article but the Weekly Standard is the leading neo-con journal. Don't use it for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 This sordid chapter in Iraq's history is finally coming to an end.Saddam Half Brother, Ex-Official Hangedby Qassim Abdul-ZahraAssociated Press WriterBreitbartJanuary 14, 2007Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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