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If you pay no attention to the the first half of the first sentence, this ia actually a well thought out and reasoned piece. Saddam was right up there on the hideous monster scale with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. I saw that bastard and his mongrel son's handiwork first hand and believe me, hanging from his neck until his eyes glazed over was way too kind an end for him. He deserved to be placed on a medieval rack and stretched until he came unglued at the seams and then dragged behind a pickup truck until there was little left. And then what little was left was left for the dogs in the street. That's what he deserved.

Iraq will bear the scars of his murderous and treacherous regime for many generations. Entire generations grew up knowing nothing but the horrific violence and terror that characterized his stranglehold on that country. It will take another thirty or forty years before that country completely heals.

That thing that really irks the ever-loving crap out of me is that so many people think that 35 years of his terror can be undone in a couple of years. That kind of thinking belongs with the "dumb as a sack full of hammers" crowd over on the DU. This country, just like Germany, was litterally destroyed right down to the foundation by a cruel and evil dictatorship. Total economic and social devastation cannot be reversed overnight. An entire culture of fear, distrust, ignorance and illiteracy cannot be reversed with the snap of a finger. Most Iraqi people have no concept of what a "normal" existence even looks like.

bump your post

As one who has also seen firsthand some of that monster's handiwork and has heard chilling personal stories from Iraqis about Saddam's impact on their lives, I heartily applaud your post.