Saddam Dead
Joe wrote a magnificent, long post on the death of Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq.
If you want to read more on it, you can read my take on it here. Excerpt:
[T]here is also the danger of growing anger. I talked to a couple of Muslims about this and they all seem to believe that it is America who is ‘behind’ Saddam’s death, instead of Iraq. They seem to consider the Iraqi government as America’s puppet. In fact, they seemed to be angry: not because they support Saddam, but because they believe it was not necessary to kill him and because they believe that, again, America is behind all of it.
To read fellow co-blogger Shaun’s take on it, go here.
The man known as Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, responsible for three decades of brutality against the Iraqi people, has been hanged. Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks that were a justification for toppling the dictator, remains free.
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3 Responses to “Saddam Dead”
Shuan makes a couple of good points in his blog entry. In regards to GWOT, Saddam became an irrelevant sideshow as OBL is still on the loose.
I hate to say something that sounds this general but it seems there is something cultural in the Muslim world that leads to a far greater acceptance of conspiracy theories and a willingness to believe incredibly stupid things than there is in the West. Not that there aren’t plenty of believers in the outlandish here but somehow if what I’ve read is accurate there seems to be a greater number of believers in the Muslim world. How many there still believe in the CIA and Mossad having been behind 9/11? I don’t pretend to know what causes this but it seems to be a real phenomenon.
Jim S. I noticed that as well. It’s quite strange.