A thinking of mine has been lingering for a while in my head, that Hussein should not be executed, or at least it should not happen at this moment. It is undoubted that he was responsible for the Gulf War during 1990-91; he was accused of killing thousands of his enemies; he established a thirty-year absolute leadership in Iraq, which was the major opposition against the Western powers. Nevertheless, the current situation in Iraq is no better than the time when it was still under his rule.
War is the most destructive weapon. I may be naive to have this thought, but I would reckon that it is better to suffer from a dictatorship than to suffer from warfare. Everything is destroyed in a war - properties, families, society, and so on. Under dictationship, people still have the hope to stay with their families, or establish a social network (whatever big or small); it is at least a form of stability. I doubt the necessity of the invasion in 2003 by the United States and its allies, which I have repeated a few times.
Another point staying in my mind is that the ruling of the court. Probably owing to the poor network, I cannot quite catch the process of the trial. Yet I still wonder whether the transparency of the trial is up to standard. In usual case, it takes a long time to try a person who committed serious crimes. It may be up to several months or even several years. The judgement of Hussein just came to my ears suddenly on one day. Then suddenly he was hanged. It is so rough and rushed that I would suspect the motives behind.
George W. Bush, the U.S. president said after the execution, that "bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself.". I don't quite agree with him. The execution will definitely not end the violence, yet I do not think it can be a "milestone". This is the wrong moment as Hussein is believed to have a number of supporters. The very first motive of the invasion was about Iraq concealing mass destructive weapons, which was not found. The asserted genocide of Shi'ite by Hussein was not clearly tried. Hussein was just hanged before everything is truly clear.
Going through Global Voices Online (see the button at the right bottom), a blogger posted a cartoon, which was said to sum up the mood of many.
A cartoon by Latuff
A lot of people expressed their wide range of opinions through the blog. Obviously, not everyone among them dedicated their support to the execution. By chance I share something similar with these people. I am not thinking how glad I should be because of this, but how sad and ridiculous this world is when an outsider also has a similar view to the people who truly know the situation.
There are countless things in life.
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