Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Saddam in Undies…“The Horror,…The Horror”
People are pretty worked up over Saddam’s “undie” photos.
You know what? I kind of don’t care. Sure, the whole thing is unprofessional, you might even call it cheesy, and yeah, I guess it’s illegal in someone’s court but, do I need remind anyone who this guy is? The raw corruption and violence of this man means nothing to the crowd that would sell their own mothers for the opportunity to further chastise the U.S. presence in Iraq.
The guy (Saddam) is actually suing over the issue. We’ve clearly entered a new era, the mother of all nonsense, and there will, of course, be plenty of lawyers ready to jump in to help. (As an aside, it may be worth noting that the list of lawyers or law students among the world’s great tyrants is right up there with artists and philosophers).
Surely there is a relative of Hitler’s somewhere who could claim some sympathy and cash for the bad things we did to that guy. Hell, we ruined his great “thousand year - Reich” idea and eventually drove him to suicide – god, ain’t we mean.
Okay, the latest Saddam issue, it truly is bad P.R. What were the clowns thinking that did it. So, go through the motions. Slap a wrist somewhere for failing to follow protocol. Give Saddam a fair trial, one that results in a choice between firing squad and noose (“lethal injection” would be overkill in kindness).
We should have, of course, expected an “outcry” from certain quarters. I’ve never met a leftist who wasn’t genuinely concerned about the rights of the local rapist, thief, or Marxist dictator du jour. With all the murders, tortures (real torture, not “humiliation”) and assaults that regularly occur around the world, now they’ve got a real poster-boy for “injustice” and wrongdoing – a former dictator and mass murderer displayed publicly in his underwear – “The horror…the horror.”
You know what? I kind of don’t care. Sure, the whole thing is unprofessional, you might even call it cheesy, and yeah, I guess it’s illegal in someone’s court but, do I need remind anyone who this guy is? The raw corruption and violence of this man means nothing to the crowd that would sell their own mothers for the opportunity to further chastise the U.S. presence in Iraq.
The guy (Saddam) is actually suing over the issue. We’ve clearly entered a new era, the mother of all nonsense, and there will, of course, be plenty of lawyers ready to jump in to help. (As an aside, it may be worth noting that the list of lawyers or law students among the world’s great tyrants is right up there with artists and philosophers).
Surely there is a relative of Hitler’s somewhere who could claim some sympathy and cash for the bad things we did to that guy. Hell, we ruined his great “thousand year - Reich” idea and eventually drove him to suicide – god, ain’t we mean.
Okay, the latest Saddam issue, it truly is bad P.R. What were the clowns thinking that did it. So, go through the motions. Slap a wrist somewhere for failing to follow protocol. Give Saddam a fair trial, one that results in a choice between firing squad and noose (“lethal injection” would be overkill in kindness).
We should have, of course, expected an “outcry” from certain quarters. I’ve never met a leftist who wasn’t genuinely concerned about the rights of the local rapist, thief, or Marxist dictator du jour. With all the murders, tortures (real torture, not “humiliation”) and assaults that regularly occur around the world, now they’ve got a real poster-boy for “injustice” and wrongdoing – a former dictator and mass murderer displayed publicly in his underwear – “The horror…the horror.”
