01-04-2007, 10:25 PM
There might be many aspects
1. most people (including me) had not seen a hanging video before and so there is this disgust at seeing a death penalty being carried out
2. for some saddam as a person being hanged had a special significance - due to his standing upto US (the bully), sunni, brother, clansman, whatever
i heard from talking to family that some hindu pregnant women are going to name their kid saddam - appeared on some news somewhere. i am thinking thats prob because of #1.
Other then that from the US perspective they have sent a strong msg without getting their hands dirty -> dont mess with us. Sort of like a response to that beheading video. In the process they have the shias and sunnis at each others' throats. By virtue of not getting hands too dirty (perception) they have convinced themselves even more -> see these guys cant even carry out a death penalty properly, these guys need to be civilised with some western sense knocked into them.
1. most people (including me) had not seen a hanging video before and so there is this disgust at seeing a death penalty being carried out
2. for some saddam as a person being hanged had a special significance - due to his standing upto US (the bully), sunni, brother, clansman, whatever
i heard from talking to family that some hindu pregnant women are going to name their kid saddam - appeared on some news somewhere. i am thinking thats prob because of #1.
Other then that from the US perspective they have sent a strong msg without getting their hands dirty -> dont mess with us. Sort of like a response to that beheading video. In the process they have the shias and sunnis at each others' throats. By virtue of not getting hands too dirty (perception) they have convinced themselves even more -> see these guys cant even carry out a death penalty properly, these guys need to be civilised with some western sense knocked into them.