Saddam Hussein

earlwood · Sat 30/12/2006 03:16:53

No more than ten minutes ago, Arab reports state that Saddam Hussein has been executed. Certianly there is something to be discussed here, how will this effect the stability in the middle-east?

Also 38th president Gerald Ford died and no one seemed to make note of it.

shitar · Sat 30/12/2006 03:31:15

How will this affect the stability in the Middle East? Mate, this is the equivelant of Tito dying in 1980. Its pretty predictable where that multinational state is going to go. Rest in peace.

Nine Toes · Sat 30/12/2006 06:24:34

Tito died?

ManicMatt · Sat 30/12/2006 10:50:07

Rest in peace? No way, Saddam can rest in agony!

What the heck IS Shitar going on about... *ManicMatt knows who Tito was*

voh · Sat 30/12/2006 11:18:59

For all who think that those who loved Saddam and wanted him back in power are just going to go "Durr... Well, shit. We'll just support the American democratic effort now", let me tell you this. This execution wasn't the best option, because guess who's a martyr now?

May he rest in utter discomfort.

Tuomas · Sat 30/12/2006 12:19:17

No it was actually a cunning act, killing Saddam all of a sudden just before new year, and then after only a short period of reconsideration. that way he actually never reached the martyrs position he could have. Which frankly is a shame, not that I wish for anyone to be sat in jail for ages waiting for death, but because a martyrs role was what he was waiting for, and I reckon the middle east would have needed one. Oh well, people die all the time...

ManicMatt · Sat 30/12/2006 13:11:38

Quote from: Tuomas on Sat 30/12/2006 12:19:17
a martyrs role was what he was waiting for, and I reckon the middle east would have needed one.

Because he makes such a good role model???

Ishmael · Sat 30/12/2006 13:11:47

He didn't deserve to be hung. He got the easy way out.

Tuomas · Sat 30/12/2006 13:12:54

Quote from: ManicMatt on Sat 30/12/2006 13:11:38
Because he makes such a good role model???

yes, if you like it that way

m0ds · Sat 30/12/2006 15:43:30

QuoteHe didn't deserve to be hung. He got the easy way out.

It's okay, he wasn't hung, he was hanged.

QuoteThe former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, has been hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

I swear if I hear English people use the word "hanged" again where it should be "hung", *I* will kill myself

It's almost as bad as calling the people of Iraq "Iraqi People".

Mr Jake · Sat 30/12/2006 16:10:19

Hanged is the proper way to speak about it when you're talking about being hanged as a punishment.

"He was hanged for his crime"

but

"I hung the picture in the living room"

As for the effects, I guess it could go any way.. we'll have to see.

m0ds · Sat 30/12/2006 16:15:52

I am well hanged.

Howzat?

Ishmael · Sat 30/12/2006 16:26:29

You'll have to excuse me, I may have written that being slightly hanged over....

Raggit · Sat 30/12/2006 17:00:44

Darn, I was hoping they'd string Bush, Rumsfeld, and Cheney right up next to him. (Just kidding. I'd rather see them in prison for the rest of their lives.)

Anyway, yes, I think that he's going to become a matyr in the eyes of the Iraqis who supported him. I don't think this is going to help our "cause" in Iraq at all.

InCreator · Sat 30/12/2006 17:21:32

Soliders and military leaders, whatever they do (well, all soliders and military leaders do same thing), deserve to be shot, by wild tradition of humankind. Not ~~hung~~ hanged.

Still, the execution (sp?) will be a public spectacle. It's soo... medieval!

Rest in... well, since you're probably meeting people you killed in your life right now... in the atmosphere they give you, Saddam.

Funny, pictures of South Park: the movie are in my head. Scenes with Saddam and Devil together... heh

voh · Sat 30/12/2006 19:19:42

It must be cozy down there

Meowster · Sat 30/12/2006 19:23:05

I think it is odd, considering that religious people seem to believe everybody can be forgiven in the eyes of god, that Saddam was killed without being given a chance to repent... and apparently religious people are pleased about it... it's all a bit barbaric and uncivilised...

Personally I find the whole thing disgusting... Let's not forget this all started as an excuse to get oil... where are the weapons of mass destruction? There are far worse and more dangerous people out there, regimes causing far more destruction and death...

No he wasn't a nice man and yes he probably deserved to die... and either way I don't care about him. I care about the American Government being kinda assholes.

I guess I don't actually care that much at all actually. It's all super two-faced.

LimpingFish · Sat 30/12/2006 19:27:06

Although I have nothing against punishing Saddam Hussein for his crimes, the whole situation leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

Dubya: "I got him, Daddy! I got the bad man who tried to kill you!"

Daddy Bush: "Well done, kiddo! Have some grits!"

Both: "U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!"

ManicMatt · Sat 30/12/2006 20:43:18

Death by hanging is barbaric, but in this case I think It's justifiable.

Quote from: Yutzster on Sat 30/12/2006 19:23:05
There are far worse and more dangerous people out there, regimes causing far more destruction and death...

That's as maybe, but that doesn't mean Saddam should've gotten off lightly because he's not the biggest badass anymore. Although I think you're asking yourself why Iraq has all the attention when it shouldn't be priority anymore.

QuoteNo he wasn't a nice man

Haha! Biggest understatement of the year!

I do wonder if you know what exactly Saddam has done in the past, all his crimes. You seem to be focusing on the more recent events.

Lots of love, Matt

MarVelo · Sat 30/12/2006 20:57:12

Quote from: InCreator on Sat 30/12/2006 17:21:32
Soliders and military leaders, whatever they do (well, all soliders and military leaders do same thing), deserve to be shot, by wild tradition of humankind. Not ~~hung~~ hanged.

Saddam never served in the military and I dont know if being the dictator of your country and doing your own thing instead of listening to the actual military leaders makes you one of them.
The uniform he wore was completely fake and just something he made up to look more dashing.

Saddam Hussein

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