| End of Whose Rope ? |
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| Politics - International Politcs |
| Written by C.B. Forde |
| Monday, 01 January 2007 00:00 |
End of His Rope. This is the macabre headline that the New York Daily News chose to use in reporting the execution of Saddam Hussein. But I wonder, is it Saddam Hussein who is at the end of his rope or is it G.W. Bush America spent over 500 billion dollars to kill Saddam. However, the Butcher of Baghdad lionized himself as a martyr for the Arab world with his defiant refusal to be cloaked in the final moment of his life. Saddam claimed not to be afraid to die and proved his point by defiantly dying with dignity and in control. To me, Saddam looked at peace with himself. He knew what the rest of the world knows now that in his worst moment, Saddam never did to Iraq what Bush has done to that country.  I hope mainstream America is proud of itself. The Three Amigos  Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld killed half a million people, stole hundreds of billions of dollars, and created a calamity of global proportions that the world will be forced to deal with. In the 1980s, Rumsfeld personally met with Saddam. That great American hero Ronald Reagan armed and paid Saddam to attack Iran as revenge for the Hostage Crisis. America sold Saddam chemical weapons. G. Dubs knew that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction because he had the receipt. Saddam just messed up by getting rid of them before the invasion. Obviously, Saddam was a despot and a murderous dictator. But his trial was a farce. How can a country have a trial during an Occupation when there is no formal government in place The trial was just another clumsy move by the Bush Administration to go into the New Year with some momentum. But the Bushes finally got their man Junior finally finished the job that Senior started.  The invasion has been a fiasco. Countless American soldiers, not to mention Iraqi men, women, and children, are dead. And who will care for the tens of thousands of American amputees who are coming home from this tragedy Look at what a wonderful job America did with the Vietnam veterans. I can t see how a civil war in Iraq will be adverted now. Will the small Sunni population that enjoyed privilege under Saddam now submit to the Shia majority and not seek vengeance No, obviously not. What will happen is after a long, bloody civil war, Iraq will partition into three states a militant Sunni nation, a large Shia Iranian satellite, and a Kurdish nation that will destabilize Turkey. I dont see how America can come out of this holding on to its Super Power status. The Russians are back to their old gangsta ways and now have oil and gas riches to go along with their nukes. The Chinese own America, and now Japan wants an army. After Iraq and Afghanistan, will America still be able to afford to stand tall and dominate the world I dont know. The Republicans and Democrats in Congress approved over 500 billion dollars just to kill one man. I would die with dignity if someone spent that much money on me. In the end, Saddam will be a hero to some, a villain to others, but Bush will always be known as the fool who bankrupted America. |