Saddam is gone.

Today I woke up to find out that Saddam, of Iraq, is dead. He was killed early this morning. As I watched it all over CNN, BBC, Sky, Al-jazzeera etc I found myself wondering whether the death sentence was the way to go.

I admit Saddam was a bad man and deserved to pay for his sins. I also admit that I’m against the death penalty.

Now that he’s been killed, does anyone feel any better? Does it undo all the harm he did? Does it bring back al the people he killed(or helped kill)? Does it undo the war? No, no, no and no. You may be tempted to feel better now that he’s gone. Indeed, there were a few hundred people on CNN jumping and hollering about at Saddam’s death. Let’s examine this closely.

Now, these people think that the death of Saddam makes things that little bit better. What goes around comes around, right? He paid for what he did, right? Wrong. Did he really pay? If you ask me, al that was done was that Saddam was saved from the humiliation of life in prison. That’s the fact.

So, if you feel better now that Saddam is dead, think about the guy getting drunk in the pub who has mouths to feed at home, with no way of doing it. As he drinks, he too feels that much better about his life. But only a few hours later, and with a banging headache, he realises that he just made everything worse-now he doesn’t have any money!