Saddam Hussein Was Hanged at Dawn

Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn for his crimes against humanity. Imagine living in a country that is run by a total dictator. A place with a federal police force that can abuse and kill anyone they want. A place where the village or town in which you were born is reason enough to have you killed. A place of forced poverty and ignorance while the privileged few live in palaces and ride around in limos.

Imagine a country willing to invade its neighbors (Kuwait) because it has something it wants. A country that has been at war with other neighboring countries (Iran) for decades. A country willing to use chemical weapons on its own citizens. A country that is bragging and posturing about having weapons greater than it really possesses (WMD's).

This was the world created by Saddam Hussein. These were the people that were saved from an uncertain future under a brutal regime. This is the country that benefited from a U.S. led coalition of world forces intervening on their behalf. These are the people who now have an opportunity to dump this dictator upon the garbage heap of history and use their resources to build a better, brighter future for all of its citizens.

These are also the people who are squandering this rare opportunity on internal bickering and are allowing a few lawless and godless radicals to snatch it all away. From my perspective, Iraq is showing themselves to be unappreciative, ignorant assholes who didn't deserve our help in the first place and will be under someone else's dictatorial rule within the decade.

Saddam Hussein is dead. But in the long run . . . so what?

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