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No Quarter links to the Saddam execution video

Unseemly.
People should watch it.

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The big news over the last couple of days has been the execution of Saddam Hussein. I want to put in my own two cents about it. It's not math, but it does at least involve a bit of logic. I wish I could remember who first said this, but I really don't know. But the important thing, in a moral sense…
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IMO, it is just as morbid and sick to view the Ford footage. Okay, he was a Prez. I get it, but he pardoned a criminal, and that led to the bunch of criminals currently leading the country. And we are honoring him again why? Sadam? - meh. Also a criminal and a killer. I am not feeling regrets or sorry for either, except I think we should not have given Ford a pass for exonerating a criminal. Happy New Year!