Hussein Executed: US Soldiers in More Danger
by James Buchanan
Much like a sadistic child pulling the wings off a fly and then finally killing it, George Bush and the neocons have had their little sham kangaroo court trial for Saddam Hussein before having him executed. Some naive folks may say that the Iraqi government put Saddam on trial, but the truth is that the puppet regime in Iraq doesn’t get up in the morning unless they get permission from the US.
Killing Hussein will almost certainly cause a backlash. Dozens -if not hundreds- of additional US deaths will result because of Hussein’s execution. It would have been best for our troops if Hussein were executed after the last US troop was withdrawn. Killing Hussein was not even necessary and at best a hypocritical action by the Bush regime, which has caused the deaths of far more Iraqis than Hussein is accused of killing. At worst, executing Hussein through a puppet government is yet another war crime by the neocons.
George Bush and the neocons DON’T support our troops. They have sent our troops into an unnecessary war. They didn’t supply our troops with adequate bullet proof vests, and they didn’t even have armor for the Humvees. Bush and the neocons never fought in any wars themselves and couldn’t care less about the lives of US soldiers. The execution of Hussein is just one more sign that Bush couldn’t care less what happens to our troops. George Bush didn’t even have the courage to meet with the mother of one of the dead soldiers, Cindy Sheehan. Instead, Bush and Karl Rove had the neocon talk show hacks smear Mrs. Sheehan rather than have Bush meet with her and have to answer her questions about the Iraq War.
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death for executing 148 Shiites in a village, which had rebelled against Hussein’s government in 1982. Curiously, the US was fully supporting Saddam at this time and for several years afterwards. The famous picture of Saddam shaking hands with Rumsfeld took place in 1983, a year after Hussein put down the Shiite rebellion for which he was just executed. Rumsfeld and the US government did not even consider Saddam’s actions in 1982 worth mentioning let alone worth disturbing the good relations Iraq and the US shared at the time. (more…)