[Dean's World] Dave Schuler: The Carnival of the Liberated

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Posted by Dave Schuler:
The Carnival of the Liberated
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   Welcome to the Carnival of the Liberated, a sampler of some of the
   best posts of the week from Iraqi and Afghan bloggers. This week it's
   mostly Saddam's execution.

   THE topic in the Iraqi blogosphere was the execution of Saddam
   Hussein. I collected some of the reactions of Iraqi bloggers earlier
   [1]here and [2]here. What follows are some reactions that I haven't
   previously linked to.

   [3]Asterism considers Saddam's fall which he believes really begin in
   the 1980's (he also believes that Saddam was a U. S. agent). [4]24
   Steps to Liberty reflects on the last 50 years of Iraq's political
   experience and concludes:

     After this very brief summary of Iraqâs political struggle, I have
     one more thing to say: Maybe itâs not the politicians or the rulers
     that were wrong. I mean after 85 years, three kings and five
     presidents, maybe itâs the people who need to be brought to
     justice. Maybe it is the Iraqis who need to wake up and realize
     that they get what they ask for, or, as was proven recently, they
     get what they vote for. And maybe it is the Iraqis who should be
     blamed for the chaos, not the governments. Donât you think?

   [5]Riverbend has weighed in on Saddam's execution and, as you might
   expect, she's appalled:

     One of the most advanced countries in the world did not help to
     reconstruct Iraq, they didn't even help produce a decent
     constitution. They did, however, contribute nicely to a kangaroo
     court and a lynching. A lynching shall go down in history as
     America's biggest accomplishment in Iraq. So who's next? Who hangs
     for the hundreds of thousands who've died as a direct result of
     this war and occupation? Bush? Blair? Maliki? Jaffari? Allawi?
     Chalabi?

   She also has harsh words for the Maliki government and the press.
   [6]Iraqi Signor:

     The epitome of inhumanity was this son of Satan: Saddam. Rot in
     Hell. Lived like scum and died like scum.

   Delilah of [7]My Not-So-Humble Opinion observes:

     I do not know whether the government was trying to prove something
     by executing the man like that. I only gather that they weren't
     quite thinking of Iraq, they were only thinking of their own dear
     followers. Even though most Iraqis are happy, the government might
     have well earned the contempt of everybody other than their public
     support-base, rather than that of all Iraqis.

   Zappy of [8]Where Date Palms Grow has seen quite a bit of idiocy in
   the reactions to Saddam's execution.

   Mohammed of [9]Iraq the Model analyzes the politics within the Shi'a
   bloc.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [10]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://theglitteringeye.com/?p=2571
   2. http://theglitteringeye.com/?p=2576
   3. http://asterism.blogspot.com/2007/01/saddam-retrospective.html
   4. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2007/01/thinking-loud-in-2007.html
   5. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#116759318228411422
   6. http://iraqi-signor.blogspot.com/2006/12/numbing-noose.html
   7. http://delilah-talks.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-i-cannot-help-saying.html
   8. http://citycalledhell.blogspot.com/2007/01/dummies-guide-to-become-idiot-on.html
   9. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/01/united-alliance-at-crossroads.html
  10. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/