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Roach,
My point is that we're really all far too close to the event to make any actual sense of it. If the Iraqis had fired Saddam off toward Tikrit (or wherever), the international hullaballoo would be deafening. We'd be talking about desecration of the dead and lots of other nasty things that none of us want to really think that humans are capable of.
If the Legend of the False Dmitri is true, it's a horrific scene full of death, dismemberment and utter warfare. It's a charming anecdote at parties these days, but the real thing would be something that no one here, pro- or anti- death penalty alike, would ever want to have to watch.
In 400 years, the death of Saddam may be the same. Regardless of whether or not anyone here thinks my little distraction from the vitriol being hurled around is relavent, history will be the ultimate judge. We're all simply witnesses and impotent ones at that.
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