I am a 42 year old woman, and no not involved in political issues around the world, but I truly do not understand how some can mourn the death of a man responsible for so much hatred evil suffering and death to so many people. Saddam was punished for his crimes but yet some don't see it that way. I understand and respect the fear of increased violence now that he has been executed. Fear I understand. Mourning him I do not.
2006-12-30 02:18:24 · 18 answers · asked by wildest_rose1 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
You have already got all probable replies - positive and negative from various angles - from mostly your country...
The simple fact is that people around the world suspect big brothers basically whatever sound argument they give for their interference in others' matters... As some of the answers have already pointed out, the sins for which the dictator is sentenced de jure by his own country's judges, are not the lone ones in the globe.... The primary reason for interference in the country's affairs has been defeated and a justification is made for his termination - de jure by his country men - de facto by the US (in the eyes of the american antagonists who consider the country as a bully who would not respect even the UN) whose military / and whose well known interests are still there ...
So the sympathy is for the act and not very much the dictator... except perhaps those who were benefited by the dictator... or his denomination of muslims... etc
2006-12-30 02:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Personally speaking, I'm not going to celebrate the fact that a human being (evil as he was) has been killed. I'm not mourning his death, but I'm not going to rejoice in it either. But that's just me.
There's about 200 questions here asking "where can I see the execution video?", they're the type of people I don't understand.
2006-12-30 02:30:44 · answer #2 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A punishment is not a revenge. Death penalties are all revenges. The ones who oppose revenge as a legal method (including me) are against any execution, regardless of the one put in the death court.
We all know Saddam was a cruel dictator, but there were and are worse ones around there. And the US don't even threaten them.
Double measure?
2006-12-30 02:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just because we aren't joyously celebrating his death like it's Christmas, doesn't mean we're against it.
I agree that the guy deserved to be punished and deserved the death penalty. But it's the whole idea that people are making him into such a big deal, when in reality there are so many people just like him in this world.
Certain politicians like Bush have been contributing to the deaths of thousands- in a different way, that much is granted. So why the double standards.
2006-12-30 02:21:42 · answer #4 · answered by Chocolate Strawberries. 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I guess those who mourned him,were those who were afraid of him. Innocent people in Iraq where killed,if they did'nt worship him. Now that it's over,President Bush will probably throw a party,in his father's honor,with a big Cake that says: "Revenge is Sweet". (Funny!) Why has'nt the President made any statements about the death yet?. (Anyway) Now,Bush should concentrate on bringing our Troops home,and capturing Osama Bin Laden:,the man who's responsible for the "911 Attack". He seems to have forgotten about that!.(PS) I also agree with: Crispeate
2006-12-30 02:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Squeakers 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it's because the drive-by media is cramming him down our throats . This country just lost a former president ; and the drive-by media is all over Saddam like flies on you-know-what .
Personally , I just say no to their memorials and tributes to Saddam . I'd like to see some coverage on President Ford .But then it must be boring to the drive-by media : Ford didn't torture or kill his sons-in law , or other members of his family . Ford didn't commit genocide , or fill mass graves with hundreds of thousands . But then Ford was an American ...and we're finding out where loyalties end with the biased liberal media ..
2006-12-30 02:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're referring to Hussein's former Iraqi supporters, the answer perhaps is simply that he presented them with a Great Lie that they prefer to believe. All madmen have blind lovers...
If you're referring to objections made by Americans, and people on this forum, to his execution...it isn't the man they're defending. It's the concept that we, as a humane people, should consider the moral contradiction of believing that the murder of a murderer is truly "justice".
2006-12-30 02:27:06 · answer #7 · answered by St. Hell 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's your problem, you live in your little world and have no idea what happens elsewhere in the world. If you did, you've have a lot more compassion for what happens and see that life is not black and white.
You cant see the forest for the trees. If you could, you would see there is a lot more involved in all of this than just killing a dictator...it's the farce of it all and now people just brush all that under the carpet and say yippee, a bad man gone...while the real evil still lives on and all the sickos come out and yelp and party and celebrate...give me a frickin break....if you people are so self-righteous why aren't you helping the poor being slaughtered right now in Dankur....and why did you ignore the cries of all the poor that were previously slaughtered in Africa.....yeah right...they are too poor to care about....no benefit in OIL for the USA in that war.
2006-12-30 02:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
We don't mourn Saddam-but I think most of us mourn the fact that we have created a giant Iran......
2006-12-30 02:21:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Some people are totally politically correct even when it comes to tyrants. I'm not pc,so I'm glad the old monster is gone.
2006-12-30 02:21:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋