As I see those million emails and forwards screaming "Wish you a happy new year" and watching those endless footage of fireworks all across the world welcoming the new year '2007',I am filled with a tinge of sadness on realizing that the whole world silently watched the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.Since the last 3 days they have showing the program called "Death of a president",which has repeated footages about the deceased U.S president - Gerald Ford.As I was trying to avoid those channels which carried those boring tributes and military respects being showered on the president,it struck me that the killing of Saddam was also a 'Death of a president'.
He might have been labeled the worst dictator of all times,but was this the way he should have been killed?He could have been the most uncouth and uncivilised president,but do we in return show the same uncivilized mannerism when it comes to putting an end to him?
There are many websites showering praise and claiming great victory over Saddam's death and the current U.S president timidly proclaiming that it is a great victory,which only shows how pathetic he is and how desperate he is to garner some votes for his party in the upcoming election.
Photos and graphic videos of the killing has already been put on googlevideo and youtube.If you can cope up with the graphic details,use your own discretion to click and watch the photos and videos on this page
The cellphone video of the last moments of Saddam Husein is here
I never understood how the invasion was justified and it would take ages to understand how Saddam Hussein was convicted in a totally unconnected country - U.S.A, of his crimes that he had suppesedly done in Iraq.Even if he had indeed committed the crimes,I feel this isn't the way he should have been punished.It is like beating the crap out of a dead snake.In the last few months,whenever they showed Saddam in the television,he seemed to helplessly screaming at the top of his voice in the courts and it was noticeable that he was not at his best mental and physical health.He should have been given a little more respect and should have been executed in a much decent manner.
I was banned from filming or taking pictures of a ride in Disneyworld this week.With that being the case for a stupid fantasy ride,I wonder how it was deemed fine by the people executing Saddam,to allow pictures and video footages of the gruesome act.It seemed barbaric and cold blooded akin to the videotapes aired by the terrorist networks of how they executed innocent journalists and civilians that they had kidnapped.
If this could happen to a former president,then anything could happen to a common man!Also,I totally concur with something that I read online - ' A dead Saddam is much more venomous than a living helpless Saddam!'.I wonder what is in store in 2007 for the U.S.A due to this gruesome,unjustifiable act that was committed at the end of 2006!
Wishing and hoping that the new year is peaceful and brings in sanity to all the ruffians in the world!
-Raapi
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