Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Closing the barn door: Saddam gets psychiatric counseling
Saddam Hussein is receiving psychiatric counseling to convince him to start eating again after 12 days on hunger strike in a U.S. military prison.
So, being a mass-murdering lunatic with the decision-making capacity of a spaniel isn't enough to warrant psychiatric counseling, but going on a hunger strike is? Let him kill himself. In that part of the world, suicide without the attendant murder of innocent people amounts to setting a good example.
7 Comments:
By 
Enlighten-NewJersey, at
Wed Jul 19, 06:42:00 PM:
Perhaps the good doctor can take on another high profile “faster” in need of a psychiatric help - Cindy Sheehan.
By Gordon Smith, at
Wed Jul 19, 06:47:00 PM:
I sure hope he lives long enough to publicly recount his relationship with Rumsfeld and the gang. I'm really curious about how much involvement the U.S. had in arming him and solidfying his power. Not saying that he's a reliable witness by any stretch, but any additional information would flesh out the picture a bit.
By Dawnfire82, at
Wed Jul 19, 07:16:00 PM:
"arming him and solidfying his power"
Why mention Rumsfeld? Reagan was president... whatever Rumsfeld did was at his behest.
And it's not a secret. There are several books about Saddam's dealings, one of which is written by a former top Iraqi general, though I forget his name.
But the 'revelations' that people look for (that Saddam was a US puppet, set up by the CIA to oppose Iran and that we gave him all the weapons he needed to kill them) are not in there, so people keep pining.
By TigerHawk, at
Wed Jul 19, 07:18:00 PM:
I've always been curious by this line of argument, Screwy. If the United States is responsible for sustaining Saddam in power according to some attenuated theory of cause and effect, does that not compound our moral obligation to remove him from power? Didn't he then become our mistake to fix?
By allen, at
Wed Jul 19, 07:33:00 PM:
TigerHawk,
Do you really think this ______ has the courage to end his own life?
The administration owes to the Islamic world a full televised broadcast of his execution. My bet is the _____ will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the gibbet - a good lesson for the Arab world and its vanity.
By Cardinalpark, at
Thu Jul 20, 10:05:00 AM:
Screwy - the West generally played a modest role in supporting Saddam. In particular, the US competed with the Soviets for Saddam's alleginace in the context of the Cold War. For the most part, until the US and Iran fell out rather badly, the US didn't get much alignment with Saddam -- certainly not in comparision to the Soviets (ever notice that Iraq's Air Force was composed of Migs; and their army was driving Russian tanks?). Chirac boldly stepped forward with nuclear technology (Osirak), henc ethe French made hay in Iraq. But the US mostly was aligned with Israel and Iran, Saddam's mortal enemies.
Sometimes, Screwy, I think your combination of liberalism and vacuum of simple historal history is very perplexing. Haven't you looked at what Iraq's inventory was composed of?
If what you want to argue is that the US for years sacrificed freedom in the region for tyranny and perceived stability, you're right -- with the Shah, with the Saudi king, etc. But, come to think of it, I think that's GWB's argument...
By Cardinalpark, at
Thu Jul 20, 10:07:00 AM:
Screwy - meant to say "simple historical knowledge"
