Having watched both videos of the Saddam execution which have been shown on the news I can't help thinking that allowing the execution to be filmed will only make the violence even worse in Iraq.
Saddam came across as being rather dignified while his executioners in their masks came across as being like gangsters.
Also the taunts which were hurled at him show very clearly that these people were his natural enemies.
Should the Americans who were the puppet masters of this execution have made greater steps to ensure that the hanging was not in any way filmed.
This rather concerns me as I have friends who are serving in the army in Iraq and I can't help thinking that what we saw will only put their lives at even great risk.
What are your views?
2007-01-01 06:17:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I think it was correct.
People in Iraq are so afraid of this man. If you even say you did not like this man, it ment death.
The reason it was filmed was to show the people of Iraq he was really dead, cause saying it and seeing it are two very different things.
I think they are hoping it will offer so sort of closure to familys and people living in Iraq as most people thought there was still a chance he would be back in power some how.
2007-01-01 06:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by chris s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the execution itself is a trigger for more violence...filmed or not. Film is the modern equivalent of historians taking written records.It was obvious it was going to be shown or appear on the internet fairly rapidly after the event. Filming the execution goes with the times. I'm sorry you have friends who are in danger serving in the army. The civil unrest is bound to escalate. I personally haven't seen the film so I can't comment on what was said or the attitude of Saddam or his executioners.
2007-01-01 06:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by minitheminx65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The execution was the big mistake among many the West has committed in Iraq and yes it puts all Westerns at risk of a similar fate.
2007-01-01 23:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by James Mack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. And I also understand that many things are done intentionally. Some people make profit exceptionally on wars, some are not interested in piece among Muslim countries and Muslim groups...
I do not remember also another person who was shown on TV examined with opened mouth like animal or slave.
People share many common general standards in fact and somebody exploit them as a 100 percent effective instrument.
I think that a file should be started regarding these double standards and spread of hatred via media, in other case such things will repeat not once.
2007-01-01 06:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that was even him. With the money he stole from his own people, and how twisted the US government is, Saddam can easily get a double. I wouldn't be surprise that 30 years from now we learn that Saddam has been secretly working for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Who knows.
2007-01-03 04:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by HotRod 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw it and it is awful. Not only should we have made greater efforts to ensure it was not filmed, but we should have done the right thing from the very beginning of this nightmare, starting with refraining from lying to the Americna people about our reasons for invading their country. I actually found myself praying for him (Saddam) and asking God to forgive the executors. This is a terrible, terrible thing. Saddam was not a person that I would have chosen to have tea and crumpets with, I will give proponents for his execution this much, but he was also not someone I believed deserved to be murdered at discretion of our country. Furthermore, propaganda (such as the media stating there was no American involvement) stating otherwise truly minimizes our intelligence as a country. He hung (brutally) for the death of 145 people. In the name a 'FREE IRAQ' alone, the AP suggests roughly 17 thousand Iraqi people have died...not even to mention our own 3 thousand. 20k dead (I suspect this is actually much higher by the way) today all in the name of freedom for a country in the middle of a region not meant to be Americanized ~ coupled with the fact that we invaded this land, this previous leader's country (and involved ourselves in their tribal civial issues) for supposed weapons of mass destrution that could be used against us at any moment. Sad.
I know I'll get blasted for being a sympathizer, but you know, I served my country, and I vote, and as far as watching the video specifically, Saddam was the only one standing in the execution room that had any reasonable sense or air of respect or dignity about him. I saw a humbled and frightened man. A part of THEIR country rejoices and yet, OTHER parts MOURN.
Funny...it kind of like our country today...some of us like our President and some do not. In either instance, I don't see our President (thank God, truly) swinging by a noose in some dark, shabby room while heathens chant and gawk in the background, for his role in participating in the death of almost 20,000 human beings over an object (WMD) that never exsisted. This was wrong.
Well, either way, he is dead now. I guess this means all of Iraq's problems will go away now. Saddam the monster, who deserved to die according to our leadership and media perspectives, is gone. I guess all will be swell now?
I will keep your friends in Iraq in my prayers. I completely embrace and HONOR their sacrifice despite my opposition of this war.
To raise one's voice is true freedom, TRUE patriotism, and true love of one's country. We can't eat everything we are silver- spoon fed in this country.
2007-01-02 11:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by lovemcss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My view on this is that I am very thankful we weren't allowed by the Iraqis to be in the death chamber or lead him to his death chamber. The taunts were from Iraqis, not Americans, and the filming was done by Iraqis, not Americans. The Iraqis were very sensitive about not allowing us anymore than simply having him in our custody. I don't think the United States had any say in whether they filmed it or not, puppet masters though we may be at times.
2007-01-01 06:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This should have been shown in its entirety on the internet as a dterrent to other despotic assholes that kill and maim for no reason other than gredd and pleasure.
As for ANY IMBECILE that thinks he was a man of stature I would have thrown in prison for treason.
2007-01-02 07:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was very naive in this day and age to think that people wouldn't try to sneak in mobile phones to record events. They were stupid not to have rigorously searched people entering, and when the witnesses were shouting stuff at saddam they should have been stopped.
2007-01-01 06:24:28 · answer #9 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that it had to be done. I have been keeping up with the lastest news on this website:
http://saddamexecution.blogspot.com
They also have a poll that asks if people think it was a good idea or bad idea.
2007-01-03 13:12:33 · answer #10 · answered by bgoins99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋