Saddam, an election, and a trip to edmonton

Well today came and went like any other. However, yesterday Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging in a country far far away. People were giving it the usual lips service. I was asked a couple of times what I thought about it, and I gave my "i dont really know" line. I guess like everything else in politics you need to wait and see what the outcome will be. An outcome that might be decades away.

You have to ask yourself whether it is a beacon for justice, or blatant example of an all too injust trial. The CBC interviewed one of the defense attornies for Saddam. He conveyed his points and told us about all the injustice involved in the trial. A Lack of evidense or No evidence at all. I guess the defendants were not even allowed to visit the area where the so called autrocities occurred. A total disregard for the Geneva Convention, as well as a bench that would not even listen to the arguments, let alone, make a judgment based on them.

So when you ask me what I think about the trial and the sentence, I have to respond with, are more IRAQ's being persecuted now, or then. Are more IRAQ's living in terror now or then. Have we made a difference and taken the dictator away, or, as some would argue, have we simply removed the scapegoat, and maintained the same war of terror that we have always endorsed. Who will the next scapegoat be, and when will someone admit that they made a huge mistake, a mistake with costs beyond measure or understanding, a mistake that history will judge, the way history always does.....slowly, and ironically.

The midterm elections in the United States will take place tomorrow. As a Canadian, I have been pelted with the information for weeks. Republicans bad, Democrats Good. But I dont see much changing. I dont see either party being able to go back in time, and stop the bombs. I dont see anyone being able to bring back the fathers, whose sons will no doubt be planning another attack on my way of life. I repeat on "my way of life" not theirs. I have no problem with them having their way life. And if I go to visit them, I will gladly respect that way of life, or I wont go visit them. I think I can expect the same from them, thats the way it was, if I remember before we started getting involved in their affairs. Iraq vs Kuwait, has about as much to do with my life, as the Saskatchewan vs Calgary game had to do with Berkas in Baghdad.

I dont see that ever ending. Until someone decides to say stop. Until someone has to put their money where their mouth is, and anti-up, and pay reparations for past mistakes. Germany had to do it. And I am no historian, but it has happened more than once in history I am sure. Its called making amends, Making it right. It is ironically christian, and yet you never hear it coming out of the Bush office. Thats all i have to say about that. Thats just my thoughts. I am no scholar, or fanatic who is actually going to stand up and make you listen, so dont go off and call me some crazy names in a comment. They are just my thoughts.

Tomorrow I am off to Edmonton. I hope to find out about what I will be doing at work now that things have changed so much in the past week. I am also going to see Shauna tomorrow and hang with her. I am looking forward to that. Sometimes, old friends seem to slip away, but when they manage to find their way back into your life, you have try to ensure that it doesnt happen again. But I will have more on that in a couple of days. Those are my thoughts for today. TTYL