so they got him.

looking at the pictures, it seemed as though the one they got was karl marx, either him or the guy that hangs out by the liquor store at the corner. but no, from what i heard it was saddam hussein. the capture made pretty big news, evidently it happened overnight on saturday because i first saw the story a few minutes after waking up on sunday morning.

well, good for them, us, whoever. the sooner the war's over the better. i wasn't really in favor of the whole thing, but since they went, i'm glad they've stuck around to make sure that they didn't leave the iraqis twisting in the wind like they did after the first war. saddam wasn't deposed and once the u.s. miltary took off, he went back to brutalizing the people who opposed him.

i guess the whole thing's a pretty touchy subject and very politically loaded, precisely the kind of stuff i don't really like to blog about, but i've been pondering some of the stuff i've read/heard here lately. i was reading this morning where there was a catholic cardinal who was upset over the way saddam was treated, saying that he was treated "like a cow." i'm not sure that i agree with that particular sentiment, i don't imagine that he was treated appreciably differently than other captured enemies are treated, the media coverage was more intense simply because of who he is.

however, it seems to me that the cardinal's words were borne out of true concern for another human being, as opposed to simply being contrarian or advancing an agenda. case in point is part of the quote that didn't make it into the headline: "seeing him like this, a man in his tragedy, despite all the heavy blame he bears, I had a sense of compassion for him." make no mistake, saddam deserves everything he's gonna get, and very likely much worse. i just guess that hearing someone who has obviously considered his opinion in light of the convictions he holds and sees the complexity present is a breath of fresh air.

come to think of it, i haven't seen that liquor store guy since over the weekend.

feeling: slightly out of place
thinking of: snow
music: "my evil plan to save the world" five iron frenzy