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Criminal Execution

Sunday, December 31, 2006

I have carefully viewed the events in Iraq over the last 3 years with increasing skepticism and alarm. My revulsion became complete Friday with the execution of Saddam Hussein. the American government supported him and then turned him over to a kangaroo court with one idea in mind. His death.

In 1984 Donald Rumsfield met with Saddam as an civilian envoy of President Ronald Reagan This is detailed in the National archives source book Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 82 Edited by Joyce Battle February 25, 2003. During these meetings Saddam was promised closer ties and economic support from the United States in return for intelligence and military access to the Arabic Peninsula. In fact US support is characterized as "So strong was Washington's "tilt" toward Saddam that in 1987, when one of his jet fighters launched a missile strike on a U.S. frigate in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 sailors, the United States accepted his excuses and responded by stepping up pressure on his enemies in Iran." This continuing support in response to aggressive if not criminal behavior led to many of Saddam's actions in the 1990s.

We must as a nation accept some responsibility for the excesses of the Batthist Regime in Iraq, so when I see a sham trial, after a trumped up war I feel betrayed by the leaders of the united States and the NeoCon movement in Washington D.C.. he US has achieved the "Vengeance of The Victors" so desired by this administration in a sham trial leading to the criminal execution of Saddam Hussein. We need to look at he war crimes carried out at the behest oh President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Donald Rumsfield. We need to open the legislative over sight guaranteed to us by the constitution to bring to heel the criminal gang in control of the administration and allow this great nation to recover from the debacle of the past 6 years and move forward.

It is not the time to stay the course in Iraq. It is time to repair the damage and try to act as responsible neighbor in a ever shrinking global community. Please don't let this criminal execution be our legacy.

posted by Ed's Thread @ 9:39 AM

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