Is it just me or have the same people that would gladly have put the rope around Pinochet's neck now lamenting the execution of a monster? In the last few weeks, I have watched with dismay and disgust the reaction to Saddam Hussein's execution on the left. As many have noted, the media and liberal/leftist critics around the world have cried a river of tears over the fact that people taunted and insulted the "Butcher of Baghdad" during his last moments. They have conveniently forgotten his victims. Do they really think that the last moments of those he had killed were filled with dignity? Only if dignity is found in an industrial shredder or a mass grave!
So spare me the tears. Nice to see the Left has suddenly found a tender spot for murderous dictators. Perhaps we are becoming too civilized.
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