Thoughts on Hussein's execution, & the mess in Iraq in general.

As I understand it, he was tried by an Iraqi court, judged by Iraqis, and executed by Iraqi order...

And everyone will still blame the US and there will be reprisals on any American who is in the area.

The execution will make a remarkable scapegoat for attacks that would have happened anyway.

I was under the impression that the US Gov put Hussein in power in the first place, and supported him for a while. So there's quite enough blood and blame to spread around as to who is at fault, who is responsible, and who should bear the brunt of the fallout.

It's my belief that when you have fucked something up beyond all redemption, that further fucking with it will only result in a bigger mess. Sometimes you have to just step back, admit that the mess is yours and that you can't fix it, and give someone else a try at fixing it.

What a way to end the year, huh?

As for the snuff film going around:

If it gives someone peace and closure, hell, let 'em watch it. The man's dead now anyway. Just remember that those on the other side are people too, and some of them may get the same closure watching our soldiers and citizens die, because they have been told over and over again how everything bad is our fault. If a mother has seen her child killed by an American soldier, it may be that watching an American soldier get his head cut off will aleviate her grief. If a girl has seen her entire family killed by American soldiers, been raped by them, it may help her to see American soldiers tortured and killed. Just somethihg to think about...

Happy 2007. Two more years to go, may the Gods help us.

Oldest Boy

today's post written by Oldest Boy, on the subject of the moron who put her baby in a microwave.

I don't take kindly to people who put their babies in microwaves. Microwaves are for food, not babies. As far as I know, people don't wake up and say "MMM, I want some tasty baby!" The woman who put her baby in the microwave should get in a blimp and float to Antarctica; but she can't go to see Happy Feet. I also think that she should be forced to become a Sceintologist, because like Tom Cruise, she must be insane. Furthermore, I'm hoping that they will add a "no baby" symbol on the microwave safety label now so that people round the world will know how dumb she truly is. On that note, should baby ever be added to the American diet, I will be forced to move to New Zealand and chill with Gimli the dwarf.