Looks like the ball won't be the only thing dropping for New Years...

Okay, the title of my post might be a tad "insensitive" so I apologize to anyone who might be offended. But, according to many sources, Saddam Hussein's execution is immanent, and will possibly happen within the next few days. I know this has nothing to do with hip hop, but it is probably one of the most historically significant events of our lifetime, it's not every day that dictators are actually punished by trial for their crimes. And because many conscious artists rap about historically and culturally significant themes, I figured it would be appropriate to blog about it.

I'm assuming that everyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the past few months knows that Saddam was on trial for his crimes during his reign as dictator. Well, after a lengthy trial full of corruption and complications, he was found guilty and punished to death. In the past few days, the Iraqi government has readied all the necessary documents, including a "red card" - an execution order introduced BY SADDAM during his dictatorship. Can you say IRONIC? Saddam is being executed by protocol he put into place!

I often read drudgereport.com (a great site for political and social news coverage, although sometimes a bit too biased) and I found an article saying an adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (the new prime minister of Iraq) said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST. Also to be hanged at that time were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim.

The time was agreed upon during a meeting Friday between U.S. and Iraqi officials, the physical transfer of Saddam from U.S. to Iraqi authorities was believed to be one of the last steps before he is to be hanged. Saddam has been in U.S. custody since he was captured in December 2003.
I also saw a pole showing that Americans want Saddam to be hanged respectfully because we are afraid of retaliation. I guess that means if he is humiliated publicly or his corpse ill-treated that it could cause an uprising we would be blamed. We already have a poor reputation around the world; we don’t want to do anything to cause an uprising against us.
What do you guys think? Should we care about the way his body is treated? He is human after all, even if he committed horrible acts. Even the worst of criminals deserve to be treated with basic human decency.