Saddam's Demise

ON THIS DAY
On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam

34 years ago.........
where were you ?
I was in Sicily - preparing to travel to Tunis;
while in favor of heading to Barcelona- my travel pal had other plans.
New Year's Eve we had a 'celebration' on a bus.
& suddenly, it was 1973 and we were surrounded by muslims in north africa.
My most exotic experience. Until then, travels through europe were not complicated by language deficiency.
I did try to learn the arabic alphabet- for a day or so and gave up.
Now I think of Jill Carroll and wonder how we have allowed almost 3000
beautiful young men and women and tens of thousands of innocent men women and children to DIE.
Saddam Hussein should not have been executed. How will we ever get to the truth of American complicity in his misdeeds ?
What positive vibrations could have been spread throughout the world to put an end to the death penalty: of an evil person shown mercy?
He had no right to take lives and neither does anyone have the right to take his life.
How about crossing the border from Canada into the US, with uniformed people checking 'papers' and dogs sniffing the tires of your car, while you wait among hundreds of vehicles to get home? Homeland security- protecting us from ..-what?
A smoking ban at the Windsor Casino?
btw how and why did that 3rd building in NYC come down ?
Has there been a reasonable explanation, so far ?
I guess, more importantly, did the children you know get their i pods and xboxes for the christian holiday?

~~"Be well, do good work and keep in touch"
G.K.