Say Goodbye to ALL Dictators

Saddam has hung and now he’s dead. So? Setting aside all thoughtful objections to the death penalty that I and others concerned with human rights have, my personal thought is one less asshole in the world is always a good thing. So, on behalf of all those you murdered, Saddam, goodbye and rot in hell.

So while I consider Saddam’s death to be a good thing, it doesn’t resonate with any sense of justice, since those who are as bad as he is, those who assisted him in his rise to power (Bush Cheney Rumsfeld) aren’t facing any significant threat of a war crimes trial, a crimes against humanity trial, impeachment, or even a misdemeanor. Nothing. For starting a war based on lies, sending young Americans to their deaths, killing civilians in a foreign country, destroying the right to any kind of trial for the accused to defend themselves and profiting from it all, their punishment is nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

I guess I’m adjusting to the common but persistently frustrating revelation that there is no consistent justice in the world. I don’t say it lightly, but since Saddam has been executed for his role in killing people without any legitimate claim of self-defense, then Bush Cheney Rumsfeld should be executed for the same reason. Failing that, they should face some due process.

Instead, Dictator Bush is talking about a new plan, a plan for more troops, exactly what the American public voted strongly against. Democrats have already shown signs of backing off. If impeachment is off the table, can’t some kind of punishment be on the table? The halls of the capitol are dominated by men, so why the shortage of balls?

I’ll never understand those who counter complaints about the Bush Cheney Rumsfeld war-profiteering cartel with complaints about Clinton’s sexual adventures. To be more upset about private, consensual sex that killed exactly zero people than about massive death, murder and torture and the destruction of American ideals is idiocy that outdistances any description of moronic behavior the world’s best writers could ever assemble. Yet viewed as a society, that’s exactly how America’s government feels. By extension, that’s how we Americans are perceived. In case you were still wondering (meaning, in case you have your head up your ass) that’s why the world hates us.

Post-election time, I had such high hopes. I thought it was a wonderful Christmas present, to give to all the families and friends of those put in harm’s way for the Bush Cheney Rumsfeld war-profiteering cartel. Merry Christmas, I thought. Your present is the American people voted against the Project for a New American Century (www.newamericancentury.org) goon squad. Your loved one will fight for the oil barons no more. They’re coming home.

How naïve.

Cheney is all about expanding executive power. Bush will never concede one inch even when the American people are against him. That sounds too much like a dictator to me. Just like Saddam. The world would be a better place without the likes of Saddam, Bush, Osama, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. Anyone who wants to use other people and kill them or have them killed for their own lofty bookish goals (that turn to blood once they leave the page) deserves to die like Saddam.

===
Larry Nocella is the award-winning author of the novel Where Did This Come From? available at Amazon and Xlibris and other fine online book stores. Also, for a limited time, Where Did This Come From? is available as an eBook for only ONE DOLLAR. Visit Larry Nocella's website at www.LarryNocella.com.