http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191892 Fargus Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:03:04 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191892 JB, there's a big difference between someone dying and someone being made a martyr. JB, there’s a big difference between someone dying and someone being made a martyr.

]]> http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191870 JB Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:05:16 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191870 Yeah, you're right Peter. Let's not make a martyr out of OBL either...that would be bad. Might give them a reason to dislike us. Yeah, you’re right Peter. Let’s not make a martyr out of OBL either…that would be bad. Might give them a reason to dislike us.

]]> http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191793 peter Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:00:05 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191793 The issue isn't "procedural niceties" as much as whether it makes Saddam a martyr or a rallying point -- as far as I'm concerned, they could have put him in a wood chipper, but if the result of our invasion is to elevate him from an object of scorn to a mythic figure, it throws question (as if any more were needed) on the decision to invade Iraq in the first place -- The issue isn’t “procedural niceties” as much as whether it makes Saddam a martyr or a rallying point — as far as I’m concerned, they could have put him in a wood chipper, but if the result of our invasion is to elevate him from an object of scorn to a mythic figure, it throws question (as if any more were needed) on the decision to invade Iraq in the first place –

]]> http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191772 Mark Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:40:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191772 Agreed...I merely highlight the above to put things in a little perspective, perspective that was missing in some quarters, it seemed, as people fell all over themselves to protest the unsavoryness of the execution... Agreed…I merely highlight the above to put things in a little perspective, perspective that was missing in some quarters, it seemed, as people fell all over themselves to protest the unsavoryness of the execution…

]]> http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191770 Aaron Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:39:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191770 <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=426914&in_page_id=1770" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is someone who shed tears over him, but she probably did not over her husband whom she helped Saddam to murder, though. Here is someone who shed tears over him, but she probably did not over her husband whom she helped Saddam to murder, though.

]]> http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-191736 Fargus Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:56:58 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/08/shed-no-tears-for-the-butcher-of-baghdad/#comment-191736 I don't see who was shedding tears over Saddam, or saying he was anything but a monster. From where I was sitting, the concerns seemed to be about what the trappings of the execution said about the future of sectarian violence in the country, and about the stability of the government there. I don’t see who was shedding tears over Saddam, or saying he was anything but a monster. From where I was sitting, the concerns seemed to be about what the trappings of the execution said about the future of sectarian violence in the country, and about the stability of the government there.

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