Saddam's execution: Nothing more than another "Mission Accomplished" moment.

[brainshrub]

Saddam has been executed.

Great. Just what US forces need: Another martyr for Sunni insurgents and enemies of the United States to look up to.

What bugs me most about this execution, other than the sheer stupidity of it, is that if anyone least deserved to be made into a martyr it was Saddam Hussein.

Think about it: If you were a former tyrannical leader of a nation, what is the worst punishment you could get after being ousted by a foreign invader?

1) Executed with the knowledge that your death will be an inspiration to generations of your people and create havoc for your enemies.

2) Rot quietly in a prison cell, slowly being forgotten as the world passes you by.

To people who think Saddam's death will solve anything or dispense justice, I'd like to remind y'all about how empty, in retrospect, were the good feelings you experienced when Bush announced in 2003 that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

Saddam's execution was nothing more than another "Mission Accomplished" moment.

[Peace Patriot]

1. Please see my post "Bush = Death" for a discussion of positive imaging.

We need to crowd out this Hangman image with our own life-giving and loving imagery. Truly. These Dark Lords are playing mind-games. And there are ways to resist. THEY want a year of more Death and Darkness. What do YOU want? What have YOU seen, what do YOU know, of human goodness and hope, and of the rebirth of American democracy? Form it in your mind. Hold that image fast. Push back!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3034424

[brainshrub]

3. With all due respect:

With all due respect:

If visualizing things made them real, then US troops would have found fully-functional ICBMs in Baghdad.

Long prose about imagery and love is not nearly as effective at guiding the conversation than one mediocre work of Photoshop.

In context of the news about the death of Saddam - The conversation needs to be: "Saddam's execution was short-sighted and useless." not: "Wheeeeee... we can have world peace if we just believe in Tinkerbell hard enough."

[JuniperLea]

2. He will no doubt become more powerful in death

than he was in life.

Thou shalt not kill... except in vengence... even though that supposedly belongs to God and God alone.

Welcome to the new millennium, where two wrongs miraculously make a right. :sarcasm: