he got his last prayer. he got his last meal.

I think justice was served...
It's closure for a lot of people...
I think it was a very generous death for him...


Saddam Hussein is dead. He was hanged yesterday by verdict of an Iraq court. Folks here in the US have many comments about what this means to them, what they think it means to the world.

Justice. An eye for an eye. Punishment for torture and cruelty. Is it that simple? This makes me think of 911 - even though they are not related the way the media brainwashed us into thinking. I mean that a group of men hijacked some planes and crashed them into two tall buildings killing 3000 + people and our reaction was - who did, go kill them. What was our part in it? Why would someone want to fly two planes into the buildings in the first place? How did Saddam get in power? Someone must have liked him. Hell, 51% of America liked Bush, for awhile. I guess I just hate the knee jerk reactions that happen. I'm not sad Hussein is dead, I'm sad he ever lived the way he did. I'm sad for all the Afghani people we killed in hunting Bin Laden, if he was even the master mind as the spin told us. I am sad for the 51% of America who thought Bush would take care of us, lead us, give a shit about anyone except his friends and pocket. I'm sad that someone thinks hanging is generous.

Death is what it is and it will happen to us all. For all the folks who don't get their last prayer, last meal, what does this mean for them in their death. I know what it means for those of us left behind to sort it out, each in our own way. It is true, Hussein can no longer torture people, rule badly, cause any more harm... at least not directly; and that is good. What we do with his memory is another story.

Whatever he did, whatever he stood for - let those of us left behind be anything but that, and put something healing out there for the world. It's all we can do, ja?