The Democrats' Plan For Iraq

Saddam's Hangman Details Torture

Deserters from Iraq's war with Iran faced the firing squad, the hangman told Reuters, while prisoners who had insulted Saddam were hanged because it was more cruel.

"A firing squad is more compassionate because people usually died immediately. But hanging is cruel because it can take time to die. If they don't die, we started over again," he said.

Death always came after weeks of torture, Abu Hussein said.

"Sometimes we would hang them upside down and beat their feet with clubs. Or we would electrocute them," he said.

"One of the worst things was putting 10 people in a one-square-meter room for weeks. They had a brief break every day and were allowed the toilet every three days," he said.

Three executions were carried out each Monday and Thursday. One day Saddam's feared son Uday showed up and asked about eight political prisoners standing nearby. He ordered their immediate execution, the ex-executioner told Reuters.

He recalled watching men writhe in agony as they died, which even he found upsetting. But nobody could afford to defy orders in Saddam's Iraq.

"We would have been killed on the spot," Abu Hussein said. "One time this executioner was one hour late in hanging someone and he was himself hanged."

If Senator Hairplugs and his comrades got their way, the above or some malevolently hideous equivalent would be the fate of the Iraqi people - and, eventually, a large number of Americans as well.

There's simply no way to escape this war. A classic line from the first Terminator movie captures its essence flawlessly:

"That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with; it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or pain. And it absolutely will not stop - EVER - until you are DEAD."

If we don't keep killing the jihadis over there, they'll resume killing us over here.

Yeah, it sucks - but not nearly as bad as the (Democrat) alternative.