Saturday, December 30, 2006

Faith Based Execution

The news reports that Saddam Hussein was executed at the gallows. This could very well be the case. Remember that this man had several body doubles for security reasons, seven I believe. If they release DNA evidence that the man hung was indeed Saddam and not a body double, who performs those DNA tests? Are they corruptible? Could black mail or threats of violence against family be involved? Hell, is it possible to fake a hanging? I have already heard suspicions of it being faked because the noose was not a true hangman's knot of 13 loops.

Did they actually hang Saddam Hussein? With all the different ways that such a thing could be faked and/or falsified we will never know for certain. They probably hung Saddam. It was still a faith based execution.

Of course it doesn't matter if they did it for real or faked it. Neither can be absolutely proven. Alive in captivity, hidden with a new identity, or dead at the end of a rope, the general result is the same. Some people are mad, others are elated, and my beer tastes neither better nor worse than the pitcher I had two days ago.

4 comments:

List with Laszlo said...
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List with Laszlo said...

If you remember they took a DNA swab on TV when they captured him. So the U.S. has his DNA. I beleive that it was him, but you're right, th result is the same.

Unknown said...

I remember the DNA swab. The very fact that they felt the need to prove it was actually Saddam with a DNA test made me suspicious of the event.

X said...

Which begs the question: What were they comparing his DNA sample to in the first place? Did he leave a bloody glove or a semen stained dress somewhere?