http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx By Lt. Colonel Rick Francona Saddam Hussein’s rule affected virtually everyone in Iraq.  Everyone has a story.  Here’s mine: In 1995 and 1996, I was involved in the CIA’s covert operations to overthrow Saddam Hussein, operating from severalen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23688Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:38:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23688Don Sebo Phoenix, Arizona The United States has evolved from an isolationist society opposed to involvement in foreign conflicts during the early 1900's to one that feels obliged to intervene in conflicts around the globe. The cold war has ended, we know communism is an ideology that doesn't work, and the new enemy is radical Islam. The war on terror will be necessary to fight for many years but we have other battles to be fought at home including a broken health care system, poverty,education and immigration. It makes me angry that my hard-earned tax dollars are paying to build the economies of foreign countries when I can barely afford to live. Also, my son is on his way to serve this country for people who neither understand or appreciate freedom or democracy.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23690Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:48:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23690Carlos Garcia San Diego CaIt is about time he will pay for what he did. 26 years of years of killings and mass executions and now he pays? What took us so long? http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23692Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:52:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23692A True AmericanYes, his day has arrived. God Bless President Bush.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23703Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:08:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23703James LelandGeorge W Bush has surpassed Adam and Eve and become Jesus himself on earth. To invade another country without just means and further occupy that country and ultimately place death on that country's elected leader. The free world is not safe when Pontious Pilot is the President of the United States. The country is heading in the wrong direction and racism has expanded in each American's living room.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23709Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:13:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23709John A. Hamilton, Orlando, Fl.To rid the world of a tyrant is a desirable thing, but we did not go into Iraq for that purpose. We went in to destroy the weapons of mass destruction. After the death of Saadam, what will our troops have to endure because we are in the wrong war, at the wrong time, and for the wrong reason. Yes, according to the Presidents latest statements the oil in Iraq is still on his mind and of course: "It must not fall into enemy hands or they will be able to blackmail us. Bah Humbug.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23712Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:17:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23712joOn the other hand, regarding the artical by the CIA guy, people that form a coup usually get punished.... I think same would be true in USA.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23719Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:29:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23719Christopher Durr Saddam would not wait to execute anyone.He has killed anyone in his way.So he should be hanged as soon as possible. George Bush is not going to hang him. His own country is. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23720Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:30:54 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23720Larry StrohanWho is going to pay for the deaths of the innocent civilians due to Operation Iraqi Freedom? Colonel, you are a delusional American, and an example of why other people hate us. Saddam was a dictator, but the circumstances in Iraq were far better under his rule than they are today. Anyone involved in your operation must have known the risks involved, unlike the average citizen of Bagdad who is exposed to violence today.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23721Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:34:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23721Victor Gill, Beaumont, TXI have no sympathy for Saddam. He is as bas as a person can get. But, I don't even have a grain of trust in Bush and those republicans who give a new reason every day (still changing as we speak) to attack Iraq. The fact is that the social stucture in Iraq is run by religious thugs like Al-Sadr. To govern them and keep the country together, it will always take a bigger thug like Saddam and his brutal tactics. Once he is gone, we are now seeing the fighting that looks like street killings by rival gangs. If given a choice between and a secular but brutal Saddam and crazy religious fanatics like Al-Sadr (who are more brutal than Saddam),I choose the former than latter. Saddam was a lesser threat to world peace than the religious nuts that we are dealing with at this time!!!!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23722Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:37:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23722Mike FisherIt is not a funny thing, the taking of a life, for any reason. This was a serious man, orignally pumped up by the US and then let lose as his ego began to match his perverse desires to dominate a epole and country. Tyrants need to die, it brings closure for all of us and in my opinion it will help end this war not hurt it or prolong it. Any leader who is like him, should be brought before the world's courts and stage and have pronouncment made and sentence carried out on behalf of mankind. This is for all of us believe it or not. Justice will be at least tipped a little once this man and his major cronies are hanged.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23724Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:38:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23724Julian Menon, Norco, CaliforniaOn a personal note, though I shun George Bush and his big bully like attack on a country that had no direct involvement on our great land and beautiful country. I do see the impending execution as a ending of a legacy of hate. Though losing a life is a sad event, there is no mercy greater and no bigger gift that the people of the Iraqi nation need more than the closing of this chapter of their many years of torment and torture. I think the United States should not have abused the rights of fighting men and women and let nature take its course and end this tyrany of the wrath this person who deserves no name shall eventually get. We could have trained the citizens to form their own democracy and Bush being the pompous war monger that he is should have found another scapegoat but alas we are not able to turn the hands of time and his ignorance that also lead the to the death of many of our brave men and women who died for a cause not of our own, Bush will have the saddest legacy of a president and I am sure his ego will keep uttering the words of Hussien, like he did us a great favor even when NATO said there was nothing. Well maybe they had a 9 volt battery and to Bush thats cause enough to send our troops to die and this is something that bush should keep in his mind, Saddam killed millions and Bush's hands bleed red as well so he is not innocent himself. Sadly apointed by fixed ballots this was done and time can not fix the ills of both these men and history books will not allow us to forget either one of these men. I agree with the punishment and execution of Hussien and I also agree that Bush should be charged with crimes of Human Morality as he has none. His memoir should consist of an apology to all those brave lives he caused the loss of.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23725Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:38:48 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23725Gary Dulany Eugene OregonI do have a problem with some that think that Saddam was really elected to office. I am very glad that people in the United States have the freedom to condem the United States and have the concept that anything that the United States does is wrong and we are the aggressors and all that we do is take. And I have the freedom to think that they are idiots and I wish that they could have lived under Saddam and his sons. Saddam recieved a trial that was more fair and just than any that was given to his victims. Saddam should be put to death on live television for the whole of Iraq to watch if they so choose.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23736Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:53:11 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23736Mia, Rochester, NHIt's the right that, as leaders in the world, the United States responds to the world around us by "leading" the world to holding criminal and renigade political leaders accountable and responsible for their actions against humanity and their hunger for power that over-shadows their responsibility to the global community within which they live. I agree with that - I agree that he should be held accountable in a humane and just way. WE in the US need to have a collective discussion -a serious one - about what we expect our role to be in the US in light of the Iraqi war. We need to decide what we have as resources when a country behaves as Iraq. Everyone in the global community needs to carve out what we expect our future to be and then uphold it. I'm a democrat but I'm dissappointed in the democrats for highly criticizing the war but not offering an alternative to the sanctions. The sanctions weren't working and hadn't worked for over a decade. He was aloud to run amuck and, in essence, thumb their nose at the US and others. What are we to do? We can't let a renegade national leader jeopardize the world economy by jeopardizing the oil fields and reserves nor can we let a national leader hold us hostage with them. Second to that, we cannot let a national leader cull out a race, or a religion, or any other faction and deem them "expendible" resulting in mass genocide. I hear people say that we can't have a messianic view of our place in the world but neither can we stand by and let atrocities against humanity go unaddressed. Perhaps Saddam's execution will provide some healing to the Iraqi people. Perhaps the healing will help them get past enough of the anger, pain, and hate so that they can possibly move forward in a more cooperative way to carve out a better nation for them all and their future. God willing. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23739Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:55:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23739Richard Nathan, Burbank, CAA member of the military was planning a coup, and he was caught and executed, and for that you think Hussein deserves to die? Wouldn't most countries that have capital punnishment feel it is proper to execute a member of the military who plots a coup? Hussein is guilty of a lot of terrible things - but I fail to see how execution of someone who was planning a military coup is such an unsepakable crime.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23742Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:59:36 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23742Roger S, San Leandro, CASaddam is nearing his end. Throughout his career(if you can call it that), he was supported by the United States and the West. Especially in dealings against Iran (who has the poor taste to hold Americans hostage). He was a brutal person who interpreted the the intentions of the Americans correctly. We declared those interpretations wrong after the fact. I guess he outlived his usefulness. Goodbye Saddam.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23744Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:01:47 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23744Rus MillerKilling Saddam will solve nothing and will only make him a martyr to the Sunnis. How can we be expected to point the way to a new moral order when we are engaging in the same brutality he practiced? Murder is murder. There is no distinction between methods or reasons. I understand the need for retribution and closure for criminal acts is strong, but statements wishing for another human's death really do not strike me as any different than those from al-Qaeda. It's necessary for humanity to strive toward enlightenment. You may dismiss that as unrealistic but we will never survive the next century believing violence and killing is justified in any circumstance. That is oldthink.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23745Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:02:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23745Paul BonneauA short drop for man,a healing for mankind..http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23750Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23750THE TRUTH TELLERYOU KNOW . MAY BE IM WRONG FOR SAYING THIS BUT WHAT USE WILL IT PROVE TO SEND HIM TO HIS DEATH,...NOTHING AT ALL. THY SHALL NOT KILL. AND CAUSE HE DID THINGS NOW WE AS A COUNTRY ARE GOING AGINST THE MANY RULEINGS CALLED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS..... STILL IN THE USA WE ARE KILLING EACH EVERY DAY. AND ITS ALL WAYS BLACK ON BLACK OR WHITE VS. WHITE. MAKES NO DIFFRENCE AT ALL. ITS ALL A POWER STRUGGLE IN THIS WORLD . AND LADY LIBERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL! http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23751Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23751Richard, AustraliaExecution is far too good for Saddam, why not let him live in jail. Not having any comforts, minimal food and having no idea what is happening in the outside world. At least this way he will not die a martyr as his followers believe he will. executing this man will only bring more bloodshed for innocent people. Upheavel in Iraq is inevitable if he dies. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23752Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:13:44 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23752M. GallagherSaddam's hanging is too good for him. He should be given to the families of the people he caused to be tortured and killed without reason. Good for President Bush for getting Saddam!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23753Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:14:52 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23753Gerry Legere, Rural Hall, NCSaddam's execution is a bittersweet end to all that has gone on in Iraq as well as what is currently going on in Iraq; the daily slaughter of the Iraqi people at the hands of those who want to control and the daily sacrifice of life from our American young. At this point in time, his execution will serve no useful purpose whatsoever. I say let him live in prison isolation for the rest of his days.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23759Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:19:01 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23759maureenwhat purpose does it do to put him to death and make a martyre out of him. that only glorifies his followers. the best deed would be to imprison him for life. enough rightousness already. bring the troops home, turn it over to the saudis, let them impose rule for those people who are jsut as happy living in rock hubbles as to walls and floors.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23760Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:19:13 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23760Azeem Taqi, Memphis,Tennessee.I cannot,for the life of me,understand how anyone can take up cudgels on behalf of Saddam.No one but no one denies that he is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. That,s it.Period. He is paying for his sins.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23765Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:25:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23765William SellSeems to me that Saddam was necessary to run that country of nut cases. Seems as well he invaded Iran because he thought we wanted him to. Hindsight bein' golden, we are NOT capable of doing what seemed natural for him, dealing with the Iraqi mentality. We have no business executing the legal head of state there. Perhaps we would show better sense by just giving HIS country back to him. We'll never be able to run it, but then, this seems to be the goal of our current administration. As long as these poor people are self indulgently doing what muslims are so very good at, killing and murdering, it will remain a no-man's land. A perfect scenario for the oil crowd.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23766Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:26:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23766Julian Menon, Norco, CaliforniaAs some of you praise Bush, why dont you go out and find a family that lost a loved one fighting his war...NOT our's....Then hail to Bush..December we lost many and 3000 lifes lost so far is not a reason to praise him and its not a reason to praise Bush for the 10's of thousands of lost Iraqi lives that he caused...sad when you people cant open your eyes and see the blood at your footstep...http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23768Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:28:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23768janet brown london ontariogod bless america! saddaam's time has finally come to meet his maker.god bless the world -let's ensure that it becomes a better place for all.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23769Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:29:10 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23769Dave Gardner, IndianapolisThe US may have helped him and sided with him against Iran in the '80s, but when he became a problem to us, as well as his own people, then it was our duty to fix the problem. Leftists apparently don't think problems should be fixed.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23774Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:35:48 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23774Russell S. WisconsinI find some of the things stated here to be pretty interesting. and want to say that, 1) President Bush is not to blame for Saddam's execution, The county of Iraq is. We could learn alot from other countries policies. maybe we wouldnt have the problems we have in our own back yard if we did. so lets all applaude the Iraqi government when the execution does happen. do you think he cared when he killed so many people. 2) someone stated that racism is in everyones living room! well racism goes both ways and it wouldnt be in everyone's living room if it wasnt brought up everytime something happens. Maybe if people didnt use the excuse all the time it wouoldnt be that way. Way to go President Bush. I support you and all the troops over there. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23777Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:40:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23777Ed Ebbecke, PAColonel, what's your point? In the United States, treason is punishable by death too . Severe interogation? Now that sounds familiar don't it . Oh they never were tried for the crimes they were accused of, you say? Ask someone in US custody in Cuba or the other secret prisons across the world. When will we learn that the US does not have a very good track record when it comes to regime changes or who we support? Back in the late 80's Bid Laden was actively sponsored by the CIA in his fight against Russia's occupation of Afghanistan. Were you in the CIA then? Anyway, should Hussien die for his crimes? yes he's probably getting what he deserves. But here in the US, we don't have the moral highground. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23783Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:52:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23783Heather LaGasa Puyallup, WA I am so sick over everyones comments regarding how we (the united states) are the ones that are executing Saddam...he is back in Iraq!! His own country is hanging him, not us. Thy shall not kill, you are right, if you live in America, but he is not a practicing Christian obviously, he does not play by the same rules we do. He deserves to die. No I do not believe he should be put in prison for the rest of his life and let that country that he hurt so bad support him, he does not deserve it. While I am saddened by the soldiers that have been killed, they die with the greatest honor. PROTECTING us. You , your children, your parents. You have to understand that the "news" only airs the bad points of this war, but never the good points of the war. For example, our soldiers handing out school supplies to little girls, that previously were not given the same opportunities as boys. The villages that our soldiers are helping rebuild, the economy that has been boosted. If you are going to criticize the war, you must look at all aspects of the war. It is not fair to judge if you only have half of the information, it just shows ingorance. God Bless America, and rot in hell Saddam. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23785Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:54:54 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23785Roger Bolin central IllinoisI suppose we should all be sorry the colonel and his group "failed" in their mission in the mid 90's. The reality seems to be that a solution in Iraq is a long term project. I suspect at least a good part of the "solution" is to promote some sort of willing co-existence between the various religious sects. I have a son who is on a Green Beret team and was off to Afghanistan two weeks after the 9-11 attacks and has served two tours in Iraq. His team may be scheduled to return in the fall of '07 and I am very ambivalent about the effectiveness of that effort. He has told of times when (on the first tour in early '03) his team would go into a school and observed educational materials for elementary aged children advocating the extermination of Jews and Americans. Undoing that sort of indoctrination is a generation away. One of the current difficulities is that where the extremists are concerned, at the end of the day "they" wish you dead simply because you belong to the "wrong" sect. I have to believe this is such a perversion of Islamic faith but that is the current reality. We should also keep in mind (and counters an earlier message) that people are NOT worse off today than under Saddam. In a majority of the country children are in schools where they were not before; roads, bridges and hospitals are functioning which were not before and people are not living under the constant threat of being murdered as they were before. Those positives are a by-product of the work of our military forces and that does not get the play in the mainstream media it should. I apologize for rambling but I have a personal stake in this matter. The republicans have done a poor job of articulating the objective and if the leadership has the courage to admit whether "the objective" can be accomplished or not, I hope they have the courage to save our men and women in the military from symbolic sacrifices.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23787Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:56:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23787robDeath at the hands of anyone, except in self-defense, is wrong by any stretch of the imagination. An eye for an eye has never and will never solve anything. We have no business there and the soldiers know it. They don't even want to be there. Crimes occur due to greed, arrogance or some other ridiculous reason. The (supposedly) richest and smartest nation on earth and we still bask in the love of violence. Pity Saddam? Nah, pity the US for its stupidity that will now rain down on the kids sent into Iraq to defend them and rid them of WMD.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23788Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:57:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23788judi donnellyJUDGE NOT THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED even though saddam was a dictator and ran his country for 25 years with a threatening and summary judgment hand its condition now is far worse than it was either under the baath or the king fasil or the british or the ossman pashas or the babylonians orthe assyrians or the raiding turks from central asia. saddam is a child of ww 2 born in 37 like myself our earlies memories were of violence swift executions starving peasants homeless children like ourselves piles of black rubble and massive fire power from ack ack guns and diving planes. in a world remembered as everything black and gray there was no white no color peace was not a part of saddams formative years his hero stalin was and uncle joe killed more innocents than either hitler or the ss or the chinese purges or i believe even trumans decision to drop the bomb. as christ said let him that be without sin cast the first stone. jdhttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23789Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:57:52 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23789usman basharathe got what is comming to him after killing all them people but i think it is wrong to kill him on eid http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23843Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:23:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23843Jason AlexanderLet's all be a bit honest with ourselves, and admit that we cannot rule Iraq, and nothing but a brutal being can! Saddam Hussein served a purpose both for us and his own country. We can clearly observe, since our occupation in 2003, the country has been turned into a Banana Republic, in which chaos is now the daily norm. Yes, he was brutal, but that is what was needed in such a country in which religious zealots are nuttier than the brutal leaders. WE, the US of A, trained him and put him in power, and overzealous nutters within our own government decided to play Rulers and Gods over Iraq. As a Republican, I have been shocked and amazed over our failures to see the massacre that will now ensue in that poor Banana Republic, if Saddam Hussein is executed. God save us all, for after his execution true chaos will reign in that entire region.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23845Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:24:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23845Misty, Chesapeake VAThe right to live....the right to free speech....the right to practice whatever religion you wish...the right to do so many things here in our grand country that so many others are not afforded the right to do. A woman in the US...the right to tell her husband "I don't think so"....and if he hits her, the right to press charges and throw his butt in jail. A luxury the woman in Iraq did not have under Saddam's rule. A woman is an equal citizen in the US and not 2nd class like she used to be in Iraq. A man...the right to support his beliefs without fear of having his right hand amputated and tattooed on his head for having an opinion, contaray to a leaders thought. A sentenced many Iraqi man suffered for not having the same beliefs of his leader...a luxury many men exercise on a daily basis. A little girl...dreaming of being a doctor and having a family some day....the dream of every little girl in the US. The dream of finally being able to go to school and getting an education...now a reality for little girls in Iraq. When you think about Saddam being an elected official...Hmmm a Dictator who caused so much pain, agony, tourment, disaray, etc..Do you really think that so many people really wanted to vote for him or was it fear of loss of life that swayed their decision. You will be surprised what people will do to stay alive. Think about what Saddam did before he became dictator...He tortured people, some guilty but the majority of them....innocent people who did not agree with Saddam's Regiem. I am a firm believer that we should not kill people out of malice, however a death sentence, to me, is not malice. (God I love my first amendment right) It is a Government's way of punishing those who commited a crime. For those who quote the beautiful words of the Bible...remember how people were punished back in the time when Jesus walked the earth...stoning. I am not saying that every single crime should be punished by death...on the contaray. However, I do believe that for the crimes that Saddam and his Regiem have inflicted upon the people in the counrty of Iraq deserve nothing less. I realize many lives of our brave men and women have been lost. As a daughter and granddaughter of a Sailor and wife of a Marine, I understand the sacrifice's they are making....not just for their families but for your's and mine as well. They do it without THOUGHT, without COMPLAINT and with every ounce of HONOR, VALOUR, COURAGE, and STRENGTH they possess. I am so proud to say to all those American Soldiers and their families that: I appreciate everything you have done and will continue to do for me and my family. Everyday I say a prayer for their families because with out brave men and women such as them the freedoms, we so cherish everyday, would cease to exist. For instance, the ability for me to sit here and type this opinion statement..under Saddam's rule I probably wouldn't have it posted for 5 minutes before I was tried, convicted and executed.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23846Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:27:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23846Gary Schear, Bozeman, MontanaSaddam's death is no loss and good riddance. However it should have occurred totally at the hands of his people with NO help from the US. Iraq was not a threat to us. In fact Saddam’s Iraq was a counter balance to Iran and so served our purpose. We armed Saddam for years and treated him as an ally. The Iraqi people know this and know that while he was our friend we were complicit in his crimes and looked the other way while he killed innocent Iraqis. They have also seen the pictures of American officials including Rumsfeld shaking his hand and being his buddy. Makes me wanna puke. No, this is no revolutionary victory of an oppressed people. This is a puppet government of an occupying power carrying out a mutually gratifying task. If the Iraqis had been allowed to hit bottom and have a real revolution of their own then there would be some legitimacy. That legitimacy may not emerge until after they have their civil war. Unless we intend to do that for them as well. Meanwhile Bin Laden, the real enemy, sits safe in Pakistan (our great ally in the War on Terror, Ha!) and prepares to celebrate the death of his enemy Saddam. Saddam's regime, in fact, was precisely the kind of secular Arab government bin Laden abhorred. Oh well, ya kill one, ya give aid and comfort to the other. So it goes. BRING THEM HOME! http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23847Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:27:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23847Todd, UtahSo, the world loses another leader that believed in mafia rule( despose of the competitor ). It is a good thing all of us live in the United States or a free country that believes in the right to live life peacefully with limited Harrassment. Saddams rule forced his countrymen to believe that women are not to go out in public or better yet no rights to vote as men do, just to name a few. Saddams rule incarcerated individuals to force involvement in Iraqs armed services which was evident when large military units surrendered wihtout weapons being fired. The United States of America had its own revolution and civil war for some of the same reasons We are liberating the Iragi people. Thank God Some strong leaders of other countries and their soldiers came to our forefathers aid. Where would the world be ? And it is time the Iraqi people stand on their own feet and defend for themselves the rights that they desire in their own hearts. President Bush secure Iraq for its people and bring our boys back quickly. Saddam will have his day with God, his people will see to it.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23848Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:27:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23848A True American Patriotic Hero NonNeoCon FlagWaving Ex-RepubliconSo, it's out in the open now for all to read; we were messing around (AGAIN) in another country trying to overthrow their government and set up one that we liked better. Hip hip hurray!!! Well, it sure took us a long time to get Saddam out, didn't it? As someone once said, I say to this administration: "Now look at the mess you've made, Ollie!"http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23849Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:27:35 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23849Susie--IndianaTime will tell once again how we as Americans did. WE were not the ones killing our own people as Saddam was. Hope he knows/knew the real God.... http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23850Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:37:28 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23850JakeWhat has happened to forgiven. I know he did bad things but he who is not gility, cast the first stone. I'm praying for you Mr. Saddam.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23851Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:39:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23851Mark, Scottsdale, AZNobody stops to think back when Saddam threatened then President Bush (not Geo.W) The invasion of Iraq is a personel vendetta, set out at any cost of lives or money by our now delusional President Bush. This whole invasion was to prove a point to Saddam, you will not get away with threatening my father. There will never be an apology from President Bush for the lives lost in Iraq. I watched President Bush all through his years in Texas and it's true what they say, "He's got the hat but he don't have any cattle"http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23852Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:40:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23852Ezra Antoine, Grenada, West IndiesI am from Grenada and America had an intervention into my country in October 1983. They certainly brought freedom to a people that was definitely in need. My whole country was made to remain indoors 24hours a day and all that. We were threatened to be shot on site if in disobedience. If the people of Iraqi was going through the same then i say that Saddam is getting his due otherwise i think his life can be speared.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23855Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:52:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23855Roy Callaway Coldspring, TexasThough I do support capital punishment, I would hate to be the one to pull the pin on the gallows, if even I could. Horrible crimes were committed and will continue to be lest we love each other as we love ourselves. Lord God bring our troops home safe and sound. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23857Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:55:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23857K Morgan, Millers Creek, NCUnfortunately, it won't be remembered as the judgment of the Iraqi people.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23858Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:55:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23858joe smith altoona pa seems GWB is getting xtra christmas gift this year http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23861Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:02:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23861Dick MurphyGeorge Bush Jr. does try to do entirely too much. He is a renegade - not an appropriate president for the U.S. country.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23879Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:22:12 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23879Rob, colorado springs, coViolence in any form - and whether directed at a group, culture, nation or individual - always results in more violence. Brace yourselves...http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23881Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:23:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23881vicky ncno more death.... when and where does it endhttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23883Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:23:36 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23883vicky ncno more death.... when and where does it endhttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23895Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:34:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23895Mark Holly Los AngelesJust more proof that might is right. So you hang Saddam. One less dictator and it will not change a single thing. Not one iota. G. W. Bush is responsible for more Iraqi deaths behind a pack of lies about weapons of mass destruction just so his financial backers can make trillions of dollars off of this war and stealing Iraqi Oil than Saddam ever was. Wonder if he should be on trial for his life? Now I suppose this squeaky clean moderate republican 60 year old will be taken away for making threats against our Neo Nazi president? Would probably not suprise me. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23896Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:34:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23896Arlie Wood,Midwest City,OK To execute a person when his people can no longer tolerate his existance is not wrong.To kill to save lives is right. Pres Truman OK'd the A-bombs to save lives(Mine was one of them). Many Japanese lived because a military invasion was avoided. ADW, 1st Cavalry, WWII http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23899Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:35:12 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23899Wobbo, Leominster, MassWOW! I hope all the Dictators of the world take note. Saddam should now be the poster boy for how not to succeed as a Dictator. He was (hopefully he has been hanged by now) brazen and proud of his leadership. What? He was one of the most brutal Dictators in history. Hopefully the last of his kind. Yes, death is the only way for him. It's one of the things he was best at so let it be. Bless all our men and women trying so hard to help and make a difference in this world.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23901Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:38:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23901Carol Calhoun,Lawrenceburg, KYOnly history can judge the courage of President George W. Bush to cast the stones that could result in the last years of true freedom and peace we will ever know.If our next president does not have his courage, who knows what hordes will be set free to overrun our beloved homeland.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23905Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:43:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23905Michael Semones , Williamston, SCDeep down everyone in this country knew we had to "remove" a "EVIL" being that he is and soon to be was. This world will be a better place the very second he drops down and swings. Iraq has alot of changing to do and alot of growing to do but will be better for it.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23911Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:53:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23911joe ulman santa rosa ca.saddam was not tried, convicted or sentenced by the united states, or any citizen of it. This country does not control any portion of their legal system. From what I saw, saddam got the fairest trial possible, considering all the circumstances. Our military made his trial possible by capturing him. I can assure you "Bush Haters", had saddam been brought to trial in the united states, he wouldn't be dying tomorrow, unless another inmate got to him first.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23913Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:55:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23913dale chomynunleash him send him into the mountains of ahfaganistian and pakistan .watch him lead us to bin laden .he is only good for bait.we want the suffering to stop for iraq;is and us and canadian troops .send him free and watch him.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23917Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:56:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23917mary capo, highland mills, new york the second i hear that that monster has been HUNG i am going to have a party and celebrate.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23918Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:57:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23918Dan Yakima, WaSaddam will die, and so will more of our soldiers due to the increase of violence because of his death. War in Iraq won't end now that's for sure. That's why Bush had more troops being sent over there from the 82nd Airborne. He knew that there would be chaos to pay if Saddam became a martyr. Pray for the troops, they are going to need it. And pray for their families for comfort when some of them do not come home. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23926Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:01:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23926WaheedAs a Sunni Muslim I don't support criminals no matter what their intensions are. After all a criminal is a criminal. Islam is such a misunderstood religion because of the Saddam and the Osamas of the world. And sure the reality of all this is because of our wonderful government who had these people on their payroll and when they turned against us then it was time to take them out. That is why I hate politics. We all come to this world without any sins and we all have the right to leave without any sins. The people who don't see this will be punished here on earth and the here after. Islam to some seems curel but it is justice for one's sins. We are not God so yes we are not suppose to judge but we are suppose to punish individuals if they have been found guilty of their sins. It is Islamic law and the Islamic countries have to follow that law. So it is not curel it is the rights given to them. We one is not punished then someone else will become a murderer and a thief if they know they won't be punished for their crimes. To me Saddam is not a martyr but a murderer of people and Islam - if he was a true Muslim and if he had only practiced to be a true Muslim he wouldn't be getting his earthly punishment right now. As for the outcome of what happens after his death in Iraq - I pray to Allash for peace for every humanity and religions in this world. We are here for only a short time and shouldn't be made shorter because someone wants to fill their pockets with gold and will do anything to get it but they are only going to leave behind when they die!!!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23928Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:05:10 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23928Mary N.I totally believe that Suddam Hussein is getting what he rightfully deserves. And it is his own country that is giving it to him. However, I also totally disagree with the war in Iraq! Those people will never know peace in their nation, no matter how hard we try. Our troops need to be pulled out of Iraq and brought home. Then, let the people of Iraq kill each other, or whatever they want to do. They don't want us there, and most of us (U.S.) don't want us there. Give them what they want!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23944Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:20:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23944glen shepherdsville kyas i sit here in my home reading these comments i cant help thinking that i have missed something. yes we used Saddam at a time when it was for the good of our country against a country that had taken our people hostage and held them for a long time,a country that had been taken over by radical islamists. war and global protection of our interests sometimes make for strange bedfellows. but when Saddam went too far we withdrew our support and went our separate ways. have we all forgotten the open contempt for any diplomatic solutions that Saddam displayed before we went to war. he himself brought this upon himself and his people.he has only been tried on one shamaful and inhumane act, ask the kurds who we abbandoned after the gulf war, or the survivors of the gas attacks if Saddam should die. Saddam will burn in hell with the other tyrants that have preceded him, if he is guilty of all that he is accused, i have no personal knowledge of these attrocities but a jury ofhis peers have convicted him so let justice be and may GOD have mercy on his soul and show mercy to us all in this time of suffering and sorrow http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23947Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:23:47 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23947C.A.R.It seems ironic that a supposedly lawfully elected president who invaded a foreign country, held people without benefit of legal counsel or trial, operated above the law without regard for the wishes of his people, and used his nation's army to further his own personal agenda, has now been executed by a supposedly lawfully elected president who invaded a foreign country, held people without benefit of legal counsel or trial, who operated above the law without regard for the wishes of his people, by using his nation's army to further his own personal agenda. Isn't this a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black? http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23948Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:25:35 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23948Rick Hinckley, Philadelphia, PASaddam is a despicable person and hanging was really too good for him. Now lets move on to getting our troops out of Iraq and letting them fix their own country. Don't waste any more US lives in Iraq.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23951Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23951Butch ChampanBush should follow Saddam to the gallows. What about the tens of thousands of lives that have been lost ? Isn't Bush responsible for that due to his personal vendetta against Saddam. Now that Saddam is dead, maybe we can bring our boys home because Bush got what he wanted, and what we really went to war for.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23952Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:28:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23952Leo Wiener, Fair Lawn NJSaddam can't get to Hell fast enough.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23954Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:30:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23954Pearl-Grosse Pointe Park, MIThough Saddam was tried for the killings of innocent people for which he should be held accountable, it is wrong to sentence him to death because he was arrested under false pretences. He should be sentenced to life in prison so he too can feel the pain that he has cause others and suffer alone. I do not feel that proper justice was upheld in this case. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23955Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:34:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23955J.J. Atlanta, GAI wonder if Saddam and Hitler are drinking tea right about now?http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23957Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:36:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23957Linda Shogren, Montgomery, AlabamaThere is an old saying = you live by the sword, you die by the sword.Saddam was a sadistic, cruel man who had no feeling for his fellow man. He tortured and murdered thousands of innocent men, women and children at his personal whim and people are questioning the death sentence imposed on this animal? He was tried by his own countrymen, tried by a court from his own country, and was convicted by his own countrymen - is this not democracy at work? http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23958Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:37:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23958Bob, Richmond, Va. Husseins rule was based on his pride, not his people. His people judged and executed him. Don't blame Bush for doing something; blame Clinton for doing nothing. Democracy comes with a steep price. Osama will be next.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23959Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:39:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23959Jan ElderI think hanging Saddam was to good for him. I would have done just what he didn't want to do. Left him prison and let him rot.He is a murderer and much more. They should have roasted him and peeled his skin off of him while he was alive. Do the worse to him they could. He deserved to suffer the worse fate ever as all murderers,rapist and child melesters should be. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23961Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:39:25 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23961MeI think that well the world is gonna be under great relief of the saddam execution. We must not forget that he was a powerful man and that don't be fooled I'm sure he has people out there that are trianed just like he was and it will go on for a life time.. This is just the beginning of a new chapter and saddam will be a legend till the end of time whenever that is. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23962Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:39:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23962karina,alajuela, costa ricaI think that was a cruel (person) but only Good can to judge, and i want that Irak can to star again with yours dreams and yours goals, the best for this strong people http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23964Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:42:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23964Sheila Northrup Waterloo INI will not pity a brutal man being EXECUTED. He is not being murdered but EXECUTED!! He had a trial and was found guilty. Could we please spend at least a little of our energy supporting our troops and our president. It's so easy to be an arm chair quarterback after the tough decisions are made. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS,PRESIDENT and our AMAZING COUNTRY! http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23965Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:42:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23965Kyle Pannell, Birmingham, AlaYou gotta love the way they do things over there. You're tried and if convicted, you don't receive years and years of appeals. You're executed! Capital punishment was made with monsters like Saddam Hussein in mind.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23967Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:43:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23967tyler, bula, ohiowell...saddam is dead. he was a bad person and he slaughtered many people. those people all had to have a family. now if your brother or sister, mother father...whatever were ripped away from you and were brutally murdered, what you want to happen??? iono about you but i would surely want that person who took someone, that vital to my existance, away from me(forever) and not to mention made them suffer, i would defintely want him to die. ok that my point homie..peace and love...( this is all coming from a 16 yr old- i know good for me!)http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23968Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:43:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23968Randy Ratliff, Concordia, MOI personally don't believe his execution will solve anything in the region, but, as our stated intention is to have a self-ruling Iraq, we must respect their laws and judgment in the matter. It is their decision to execute Saddam, not ours. We turned him over to their ruling authority, to carry out a sentence their court set. That being said, I personally believe that until their civil war is settled, (don't be fooled, they are definately having an undeclared civil war), we will accomplish next to nothing in the region. You simply cannot try to deal with three seperate factions, who happen to despise each other, whom are all convinced that they are right and everyone else is wrong, and are willing to kill and die for their beliefs, vieing for the top spot. Until they hash it out amongst themselves, there is absolutely no possible way there can be a peaceful co-existance between the Sunnis, the Shiites, and the Kurds. They have been slaughtering each other since Biblical times, and just because the liberals among us are wringing their hands and saying they should play nice, it ain't gonna happen. And, obviously, you can't force them to play nice by pointing a weapon at them, because they they seem to have the nasty habit of shooting back.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23971Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:46:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23971Ron R, Fort Wayne, INDThe religoius sects have fought for years and will continue to fight amonst themselves, though I have supported Bush for his stand against Huessain it might be time to vacate Iraq and leave the fighting to them, only they can retore peace, rebuild the country and lead their peoplehttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23972Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:48:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23972John Rogers Central Point, Oregon.Thank you Gary Dulany, well said.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23973Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:50:11 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23973Fran, Tampa, FLToday is a day of justice and injustice. As much as I am happy for the justice, I am saddened by the position that United States has taken in forcing its views and way of life unto cultures existed hundreds of years before United States formed its culture. Victor Gill, a fellow commentator on this page has put it perfectly logical. People of our nation were mislead in the name of so called "democracy for Iraq" by the Bush administration. Who is Bush to want to change the way of life for Iraqis? If Iraqis wanted a change of lifestyle, believe me, they would have found a way. If they really wanted it!!!!! Yesterday, a man and his 3 year old nephew was hit and killed by a truck only because some cars stopped while the light was green to give them a chance to cross the street while the truck just followed the lights signal to go and did not realize they were crossing the street. If Bush thinks he is the great saviour of Iraqis, he needs to think again. He killed more than 3000 sons and daughters of this great nation of ours and he killed many more than that Iraqi civilians. To Bush and his family, close and distant, I hope that you will always remember with shame what you have done to further your own agendas not related to the people of this great nation of ours nor to the people of Iraq. I am appealing to you, PLEASE NEVER EVER ELECT ANOTHER BUSH OR ITS DESCENDANT INTO ANY OFFICE if you care about our GREAT NATION!!!!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23974Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:50:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23974John Smith, Pittsburgh, PAThe US people and US Government did not put Saddam to death. The people of Iraq did. "We" didn't hang him, the people of Iraq did. I get a real kick out of some of the "tree huggers" that have replied thus far. Know the facts first. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23975Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:50:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23975Stan Forron, Gainesville, FLThe men who tried to overthrow Saddam knew what would happen to them if they were captured, and for that very reason they chose to attempt the coup. If an American attempted a coup, they would have a fair trial and a host of free lawyers, and would likely get a few years in prison. It is likely that all of the men in the coup attempt who were captured were summarily executed without a trial. Their families almost certainly also recieved some sort of punishment. It is that same sort of blanket punishment that was the crime that Saddam was tried and executed for. Perhaps with his exit from the world stage of affairs, we can begin to prosecute the rest of the war on the radicals and mass murderers.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23979Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:52:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23979David WolfangerThou shalt not kill, ...unless you tick off the rule makers and power mongers. Then you can rationalize your "absolute" belief system, wash away your "sins" by redefining them and condemn those who believe differently than we do. It is very hard to be tolerant of intolerant religions. Let's support some more government sanctioned killings and show the world how our democracy "forgives those who trespass against us." We are such hypocrites!! http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23989Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:56:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23989R. P. UtahI am glad to see that saddam is getting what he deserves. He's killed thousands of inncent people. I am glad, that we are fighting terriost in thier backyard, instead of in are's.I wish the rules of inqaugement where different though. We have the best men and women soilder's,in the world. With the best weapons, and delivery equipment in the world. I vote we get rid of the camera's, and reporters over in Iraq.They just report on the negtives of the war. And let are world's finest AMERICAN SOLIDERS "Kick some BUTT", and do their jobs, like they are trained to do.And win and end this war in a few days. Instead of just been able to fight with 1 arm tighted behind their backs. And give the citizens of Iraq that desire peace, and to have a democratic government a opportunity to do so. We need a freind in this part of the world promotting peace. Not some towelhead,commy, religous zealant brain washing young children to hate Jews, and Americans. I am tired of the LA gangbanging style of war going on over their, let the soilders do their jobs, with full quick force. Then call out the B-52. And let them end the war quickly.And let us as American citizens be apriecative of all are American soilders fighting to keep peace for us, so where ever we are, we can lay our heads down at night in peace.Because we know they have are backs. God bless America, and the American Soilders. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23990Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:56:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23990C. McPhedran, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSome people here need to look outside the US border for information related to World events. First of all I completely agree that he was a tyrant and needed to be dealt with. The Bush family decided to go after him. NOT the US. NOT the UN. Not the International community! How stupid was this decision to allow him to be tried by an IRAQI Court? Was he defeated by the Iraqi's? NO! He was defeated by the Bush family! Which by the way if George Bush Sr. had any balls the more than 2,000 American servicemen and women would NEVER have paid with their lives! He had an opportunity to oust Sadam with little to no bloodshed. Just ask Gen. Schwarzcoff (sp)! It doesn't matter if the people serving on the jury (Judge) are 100% partial. They are an Iraqi court! This will always go down in history as the murder of Sadam by the Bush family! If he had been tried by a TRUE International Court and THEN sentenced to die this would have calmed everything down. Now this just looks like George Bush waved his magic hand and ordered the execution. I honestly believe that many more Americans will lose their lives now because of this stupid decision. This "war" is looking more and more like Vietnam isn't it!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23992Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:58:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23992me againTO THE COL: Obviously your performance was poor because you did not train them well, therefore, you've set them up for failure!!!! What a shame, because you've caused the deaths of many on both sides because of your poor poor performance in training your spies/agents. A lump of coal to you and those who worked with you in training those who were to coup Saddam's regime. Since the Bush have entered the upper politics, Americans found it necessary to hide their nationality abroad in the fear of reprisal from angry foreigners. Good JOB! Thank you for making America the least liked nation in the World(sarcasm if you can understand).http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23993Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:58:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23993Bill Guenther, Kermit, TexasI am simply amazed at some of the comments that have appeared here. Contrary to what has been said, the vast majority of our troops support our efforts in Iraq and believe to pull out now is not the answer. the loss of human life in this war is indeed a sad thing. Our men and women in uniform have sacrificed much and deserve the gratitude of the citizens of the world, but especially the gratitude and respect of the citizens of this great nation. History has shown time and time again that there are some things worth fighting and dying for. Our President has been uup front about the reasons for going into Iraq. Weapons of Mass Destruction was only one of them. He was also up front about the long term commitment that was involved in going into Iraq. For anyone to say that the Iraqis were better off under Saddam than they are now is beyond belief. Whether you think we should have gone to war with Iraq or not is no longer relevent. We are there. Whether or not you think Saddam should be executed is not relevent. He was tried and convicted by an Iraqi court for crimes committed against the Iraqi people. He will be executed according to Iraqi law. It is none of our business. That, under the most difficult of circumstances, the Iraqis were able to conduct this trial and now apparently carry out the verdict is a great victory for them as a nation.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23994Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:59:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23994Joseph Ray, Spartanburg, SCHonestly, these ramblings amuse me to no end! What a quandry is human nature! Thanks to all for posting. Writing history books will never be easy, I see. It is true...Laughter IS the best medicine of all. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23995Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:59:52 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23995Dennis Carter, Hamilton, BERMUDA ISLANDSit should have been a slow death, but he is now gone thank you America for bringing this man to justice, one time he stoped in my country and they would not let him off his plane, so he never put his feet on our blessed island, and i thank our goverment for doing that. GOD SAVE THE QUEENhttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23996Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:00:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23996American MamaI am so thankful to be an American!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#23998Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:00:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:23998Doug Cole, Saint Peters, MOThere are those in our country who believe we "did right" in going into Iraq and "removing" Saddam - but, from what I've observed lately, those same people don't believe we should go into several African countries where warring factions are in the process of killing one another off. Then, there are those in our country who believe we were wrong to go into Iraq and "remove" Saddam - but those same people seem to believe we should go into those African countries and do what is necessary (i.e., "remove the warlords") to bring to those countries the same opportunities we are now attempting to bring to Iraq. Why is it there doesn't seem to be anyone who believes we should go into both Iraq and the African countries and "rearrange their governments", or anyone who thinks we should not have anything to do with the regimes in either Iraq or those African countries? http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24002Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:01:27 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24002Joan, NY,NYWhile I want to say Ding,Dong-the witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead the sunni Muslim is so right-why must religions fight each other-we have so many similar beliefs yet we find ways to always disparage another's beliefs. We have enough problems to solve in the country & others. May God have mercy on his soul because I can find none in mine.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24007Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:05:01 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24007Ed Fussell, Nashville, TNAs a country, we have missed a golden opportunity to prove to the world that we are better than those who hate us. We claim to be a "Christian nation," yet we eagerly clamor for the death of one we once supported when it suited us. The terrible truth is that we are really no different than the Islamic extremists. If we were, we would disengage ourselves from this cycle of death and destruction and truly embrace the message of the one we claim gives us our values. I have been convinced for many years that the Conservative Christian Right is as far away from God and Jesus Christ as anyone on this planet can be. I've always thought that thoe who shout the name of God the loudest, do so because they are the furthest from him. How can we celebrate the life of a gentle President and the hanging of a tyrant at the same time? we can because we do not believe, follow or even attempt to live anything close to the kind of truly loving life that jesus showed us. If there truly is a judgement day, we are in big trouble.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24016Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:11:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24016Dennis F.So now that the big bad Dictator is dead and we recovered all the weapons of mass destruction and the wasp nest called the Middle East is completely out of control and more then 6,000 people (including 911)are Dead, not counting all the innocent people in Iraq who die every day, what next? How about we start taking care of our own Bush? What a waste of life just so W could finish what Daddy could not! http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24020Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:12:10 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24020Paul Glair, Mitchell IndianaAs Saddam goes so shall we. for we too have sent 3000 Americans to die for what? I think we killed more Americans and innocent Iraqies than Saddam. Maybe we should re-evaluate our moral standards. Our religous right is just as bad as any Islamic radicals. God forgive the Neo Right.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24035Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:20:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24035Todd Alden, Davidson, NCColonel, I'm finding your story hard to believe. I apologize. However, Saddam the tyrant allowed some Iraqi boy call his mommy before he's executed? Saddam's death means nothing to Americans. Bin Ladens death will be many times sweeter. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24042Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:25:24 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24042Tina Tri-Cities, Wa.For all those doubting the kind of man Saddam Hussein was and whether the right sentence has been handed to him, I ask you to read Mayada, daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson. This is a story from a young woman who personally knew this man. I sat terrified while reading this book.I felt the average Iraq's terror and helplessness being under such a dictator. Maybe if you read this, you'll more appreciate the Good Ol' USA and what we are doing in Iraq. Pray for your president that God would give him the wisdom needed to end this war! God Bless America, President Bush and our courageous troops everywhere!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24043Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:25:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24043Collin, Sacramento, caIm ashamed to be an american, and why would I say that? only the ones who have left American soil and visited another country besides Mexico or canada will know what I am talking about, and seeing most of these messages tells me there is not a whole lot! Im constantly defending America because of bush-whacked, how much I hate that Idiotic moron is beyond writing it here. he is starting to look more and more like Alfred E. Newman. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24047Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:26:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24047Kyle Pannell, Birmingham, AlaI was planning on putting in my two cents and leaving it at that. HOWEVER, after reading the comment from Butch Champan I felt inclined to put in two more cents worth. First of all, our military is VOLUNTARY. No one is forced to enlist. Those who do realize from the start that they will be placed in harm's way, and possibly even killed. Comparing Bush to Hussein is outrageous. You may disagree with the presidents choices but to compare him to a man who was responsible for some of the most brutal and disgusting acts toward human beings since the start of time is truly shocking. The horror stories I've heard and read concerning this monster, hanging him is much too mild of a way to die. You know Mr. Champan, it would be wonderful to live in a world where everyone is good and loving and peaceful. No wars, no fighting, no mass executions. But we don't. We live in a world where people like Hussein torture and murder human beings for the sport of it. Therefore, we need a military willing to give up there lives to rid the world of evil dictators like Suddam Hussein, and also the type of president willing to risk his reputation by sending them there. No military personel is over seas by force. They volunteered their lives to fight for America wherever and whenever they are needed. To suggest Bush go to the gallows for eliminating a evil, demonic dictator from the face of the earth is sickening. However, you should consider your self blessed for living in a country where you can make such statements with no risk of danger to your self or your family.http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24049Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:28:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24049Boukari Harris, Atlanta, GaThank you Stan Forron, Gainesville FL, David Wolfanger,Richard Nathan in Burbank, CA. For making an intelligent response. I am concerned that a bunch of world leaders don't hold themselves to the same standards that others are held to. Treason is treason even if an outside group or three lettered agency helps. This by far is the best shell game i have ever seen. Wowhttp://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24064Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:34:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24064Joy, Milwaukee, WII have been waiting for this day for 3 years. The day Saddam Hussein was captured was one of the greatest days of my life. I will never forget hearing those words from Paul Bremer: "Ladies and gentlemen: we got him." This, my friends, is called justice. If the war in Iraq didn't accomplish another single thing, this day was worth it. Have a good night's sleep, President Bush. You've earned it! P.S. Watch for the weapons of mass destruction--they will be found. History will vinidicate George W. Bush's unpopular decision to go into Iraq, much as history has vidicated President Ford's difficult decisions. Sometimes it takes time to see the wisdom, but I have no doubt that we have done the right thing. http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#24083Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:46:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:24083Saia M, pittsburg ca.God bless America.I only feel sorryfor the lives of our soldiers and others who died on so many wars in order to save others,from ww1 to ww2 and to so many others that without our great nation the killings of innocent lives no gonna stop. thank for the families of the fallen men and women who fall on the line but they die to save others,and that's how our great nation is giving to our fellowmen around the world and our precious and best motto 'IN GOD WE TRUST' and without America there gonna be a very very different story around the world.The weak and lowliness should say hoolay God bless America, http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#25007Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:36:12 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:25007Ron, Green Bay, WisconsinI am so tired of all of the Bush bashing! If only people (pride blinded liberals) would wake up and realize that when good people do nothng evil flourishes. We are at war with terror and terrorists who want to destroy Christians and Jews (Isreal and America) and liberals cry out for peace. This world has entered a global war of religious ideologies and whether we like it or not we must fight or we will find ourselves slaves to new masters. Our last President looked the other way while our nation lost it's political and financial superpowers. He was too busy doing other things in the Oval office while he sold America piece by piece all the while looking like prosperity. Use common sense! The last time you sold something of value you probably hand some cash for a while but your property was gone and eventually the cash too. Now we have a President willing to try to battle to save our nation from being run over by tyranny and all we do is Bush Bash! Shame on us!http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#25015Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:05:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:25015sarah ann notridge,england,crawleyI am glad that he got hanged,for him to do so much damaged,to cause us soilders to death,just because he wanted control,the only people I feel sorry for are the ones that have died because of him,nothing of this world is nice,I havent even seen my own mp,goverment do any thing for the homeless and we are here criticising waste of nature that,became a terrorist of nature,his dead,he has gone,we need to look for the one that done the twin towers,then justice has been done,soilders have died,lets remember them of their courage,their stamina,lets honour them for how much they were trying to do for all sides of the country,lets remember the ones that were trapped at the top of the towers,how would we feel if we were there at the top,saddam has gone,that is his fault,nobody elses,we need to move on,to hope president bush will make a new stand in this new year,to hope blair will inprove as well,lets make a stand and come together to not make war but to hold hands and pray that war is at the end and all of us make flowers,http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#25026Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:57:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:25026Leroy.Di do not agree with the hanging of sadam he should have been keep alive and in jail for the rest of his life he might have had a lot of useful information about a ton of things going on in this world http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/29/23662.aspx#380366Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:56:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:380366AnonymousWhile the internet continues to gather  travelling webpages, we\'ll work to recommend them to you.