A new year is coming. While some gather around friends and family in order to celebrate the coming year, others live under a lot worse circumstances. Now I’m not talking about the malnourished kids in Africa (that you hear too often), I am talking about Saddam. Yes, the “dictator/terrorist/other things” guy.

I was thinking: “Damn, new year coming so soon…” when suddenly my thought slipped to “… I wonder how Saddam is having it.”

How would it feel if one day you were the leader of an entire country, living in luxury — and the next day getting beaten/tortured by american brats (new recruits) in jail?

Now before you start giving me crap for what I just wrote, continue reading.

Firstly, if your American, stfu. 41% of you believe that Saddam has strong links with Al Qaeda, 22% believe that he helped plan the 9/11 attacks, and another 26% that Iraq had WMDs. The fact remains, Americans are stupid. 89% of the population are lost, and the remaining 11% are overwhelmed by a stupid majority. O yeah, the statistics came from today’s news if your wondering. American democracy is like the biggest generalization body ever, and it seems to be working. I guess I’ll also generalize; All Americans are stupid and should stfu.

For the rest of you, try to understand my point. Since Al Qaeda took blame for the 9/11 attacks the USA (lead by Bush) has been vigorously trying to find Osama, without success. The government was losing support by each day, something had to be done. Wait, Iraq has WMDs, Saddam is linked with Al Qaeda, he helped plan the 9/11 attacks, he is Santa Claus, he eats children, etc.

I don’t understand, USA set up the UN to keep world peace. Then they completely ignore UN’s order to NOT invade Iraq, showing no respect to all the contries which rejected with their veto rights. If another country would have done the same thing - any other country - , the US would turn the entire world against them.

When I ask people why Saddam is a bad person, they go: “He killed a lot of innocents”, I usually reply with something like: “He went and killed them one by one personally? In wars, the most people killed are innocent civilians. More or less invalid point.” … “Oh.. hmm. Umm, will you still be my friend… please?” Another common argument is: “He killed his own people.” So you mean that if you are a parent, you should discipline the children of others and not your own? If you were to try to disclipline my future kids I’d kill you (or ruin your life, legally), no doubt.

I think I can agree that Saddam has ordered killings of many civilians, brutally (this we all agree on). I think I can agree that Bush has ordered killings of many civilians, brutally (Iraq war, civilian casualties, 3k soldiers lost). Toture from both sides too. If one of them were to be put on trial, both should be, or neither.

This is a win-win situation for the US lead by Bush:
1. The termination of a highly influencial muslim leader (Christianity vs. Islam) for one.
2. Winning an election too, he made a mess in Iraq, only he could clean it up. If I were to go diarrhea-spree in your house, who would you want to clean it; me or some random dude?
3. A show of force, other countries will fear them more.
4. Usage of old war equiptment which would otherwise have costed millions to dispose and maintain.
5. Testing of new, prototype weaponry.
6. Oil
7. Excuse for a military buildup for later use.
8. Im sure there is tonnes more. Half a tonne for what I’ve forgotten, and another half for the secret shit they do in private. You know, wars aren’t the most transparent things.

So Saddam is prolly sitting in his cell getting beaten and eating shit food, and would probably spend his New Year that way. All while his American counterpart is having fun celebrating. Nice.

I have more to tell, but bah.. this will do. Getting quite tired. Seems this turned out to be yet another America bashing article, aww. If I don’t write something before New Year, then let this be my last post of the year. Happy New year people!

Other than that… free Saddam! (+ flame me)