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[quidditchgrrl]

Saddam Hussein will be executed in the next few minutes...am I a bad American for feeling only sadness, not validation or a feeling of justice served?

There is no argument - he's a horrible human being. He probably should be killed in kind for the atrocities he committed, or ordered others to commit.

But me, I can't summon anything more than a sigh and the thought that things don't have to be this way.

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ETA: I immediately found something to make me laugh...headline on Fark.com: "Saddam Hussein officially starts his homosexual relationship with Satan."

Comments

[zorb]

It's not just you. It's...I don't know, too complicated for a simple emotion.

[jennycarolyn.livejournal.com]

I'm right with you. I only feel this awful sort of resignation. I don't know, I wish the world was better.

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

I'm a bad American too. I prayed for him and for his family about an hour ago.

I have a feeling that this is only going to further stir the pot. It's ridiculous, in a way, that the insurgency will likely be provoked by this. There are very few people in Iraq, and even fewer in the Arab world (hello, Iran) who haven't wanted to kill him themselves, but I have a feeling that will all be forgotten in a swell of Anti-American fervor.

I would tend to agree with the other posters, a hollow, sad resignation is all that I feel.

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

Uhm...that was an unfortunate and unintended Icon to use :$ Sorry.

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

And now, the deed is done.

[airemay.livejournal.com]

I feel uneasy about it all. Sigh.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I posted on MySpace this morning that this is the end of hajj, and right near the Muslim holiday of sacrifice. Not so smart for us to kill him now, but better now than later, I guess. :-|

[longtimegone]

No, you are not a bad American. I posted a bit about this last night, and I feel pretty much exactly as you state in this post.

[avidbeader.livejournal.com]

No, you're not a bad American. You're using your brains and your heart because this issue is so gray that no hair product in the world would cover it.

Heh. You can always count on Fark.

[roguebitch.livejournal.com]

I've never seen the point in killing someone to prove that killing is wrong. I mean, if you kill them, they don't learn anything. And by killing them, we prove we haven't learned anything, either.

I find it all a bit breathtaking how quickly it all happened. I'm finding it hard to comprehend.

[cadey.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'm a bad human for just not giving a shit.

I mean, I do feel bad for his family, but I didn't really care one way or another.

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

Oh, come now. It's the /Iraqis/ killing him.

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

Bah, my "end sarcasm" got deleted. I suck at posting comments tonight.

[hermione-like.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know he was scheduled to be executed today and all of a sudden I see on the news, hey, he's dead. O_O It's definitely a weird and complicated thing to sort out.

"Saddam Hussein officially starts his homosexual relationship with Satan."
Well, if you're a bad American for feeling sad, then I'm bad for having that same thought before even seeing your post. XD

[didi75.livejournal.com]

The vast majority of Iraqis will rejoice in his death. And I guess I can't blame them, because I can't even imagine living under such a regime. I get the chills when I remember all of the atrocities he ordered and/or committed. At the same time, I don't feel once ounce of vindication. I'm just sad that Iraq is in such a horrible state, so many people are dying brutal deaths every day, and that even more "bad guys" are on the loose. It was hard enough with just one baddy to track, now there are thousands hell-bent on fomenting this war and destroying the country. *sigh*

[oli-essenziali.livejournal.com]

When I read about his impending execution in the paper this morning, all I could think is that this is the beginning of a lot of conspiracy theories.

[mostcurious.livejournal.com]

I agree. And that headline made me laugh too!

[blue-eye.livejournal.com]

No...you're not.

For one thing, he is now a martyr to certain people.

Secondly, it makes the US look bad as we were so far up his ass a number of years ago and now we turned on him. Doesn't make us look too trustworthy.

Yes, he was a miserable human being, but a lifetime of jail for him would have been better. I don't believe two wrongs make a right.

[amichandrn.livejournal.com]

My friend and I were watching it at his house, and all I had was a complete and total sense of unreality. For most of my life (where I was aware of a world outside Philadelphia) Saddam was there in the media and the news, and he was just a part of when I grew up, like Vietnam for kids in the 60s and 70s and Hitler for kids growing up in WWII. He was just always there, and I couldn't really comprehend the reality of him ceasing to exist. It was weird, but as I watched, I knew that I was witnessing a milestone, kinda like when I watched September 11th. Like, I realized it was happening but I couldn't process it. A part of my personal history was gone.

And I'm done rambling.

[poconell.livejournal.com]

I don't feel it's right to rejoice in this, but I do feel a sense of satisfaction for those who are celebrating.

If it makes them happy, then all the power to them I guess. Sad, but that's their reality.

[alissomora.livejournal.com]

I feel pretty much the same way you do about it. I don't think justice has been served for his victims and their families -- would it not have been better to let him rot in a cell with all sense of freedom taken away for decades? But if his death helps them start to heal, then that can't be an altogether bad thing. It's a complicated situation.