Dissident Veteran For Peace: Arab and Israeli Press on Saddam Hussein Execution

Dissident Veteran For Peace

"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America." —Alexis de Tocquevile. Democracy in America, Book I, Chapter XV.

With a nod to the Most Rev. Dom Helder Camara: When I support Palestinians some call me an 'anti-Semite', when I try to explain why I stand in solidarity with Palestinians they call me a Nazi.

"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." —Major General Smedley Butler, USMC (ret.)

"... no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end." —character of O'Brien in 1984, part 3, ch. 3 by George Orwell.

"Every prophet has realized that nobody loves you for being the enemy of their illusions. Every prophet has realized that most of us want peace at any price as long as the peace is ours and somebody else pays the price. That is why the prophet Jeremiah said, ' "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace,' ..." —The Rev. William Sloane Coffin. "Not to Bring Peace, But a Sword."

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Arab and Israeli Press on Saddam Hussein Execution

The BBC has a roundup of Arab and Israeli commentators' views on the execution of Saddam Hussein. To me, one of the more interesting facts is that "Saddam was slaughtered on the day lambs are slaughtered," according to Hani Naqshabandi and referring to holiday of Eid al-Adha. Nahum Barnea, an Israeli, correctly notes: "Say what they like about him, he met his death with dignity, with an erect head, without asking for mercy." You can read the rest here.

# posted by PeaceMonger @ 1/02/2007 02:50:00 AM