wouldn't it be funny if saddam hussein was found not guilty of the charges facing him? i mean, there he was, being saddam in iraq and he was declared a despot and dangerous dictator. then the coalition of the willing (or deeply indebted) invaded and he hid in a hole in the ground. we have had these grand rounds of trials where just anyone who feels that saddam deserves a...ahem... fair trial - by having some kind of defence team - gets killed. and now can you imagine what would happen if, at the end of it all, they were all - yeah, well, we made a mistake, you are free to go. you think he would run for president again?
though that would make for interesting television, that ain't about to happen. we know they are going to fry, hang, shoot, whatever his ass - however they do it he is going to be dead. but before they off him, i think they need to ask him what his secret was.
yeah, yeah, i know he was the butcher of baghdad but, call me crazy, it just seems like a heck of a lot more folk are dying over there - about 100 every day; those numbers add up. they tell us that there is no war there, however, it just seems pretty hectic right now. this new democrazy is not quite a top vacation spot, just yet. and here in the land of the free and home of the brave, the prez said that over 2,000 americans and "a lot more" iraqis have died. what qualifies as a lot more? things were awful under saddam, i am sure, but there weren't so many ied's hanging about and it seemed folk could visit a mosque fairly safely. you always think that when you bring about such fundamental change, things will get better but nowadays you can't even get the un in iraq and they used to be there all the time.
so i'm thinking we make a deal. we say, okay, you wanted the shooting squad, fair enough. we'll give you the shooting squad and you tell us the secret to your success.
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