this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil
image and poem below the fold
Shi’ite residents display a mock body symbolising the people who were killed during the regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad November 5, 2006. Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government said Saddam Hussein had got what he deserved when an Iraqi court sentenced him to hang, but a senior Sunni Arab member of parliament dismissed Sunday’s verdict as political.
REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)
Temptation
by Tom Waits
Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
everything is made from dreams
time is made from honey slow and sweet
only the fools know what it means
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, temptation, temptation, I can’t resist
I know that she is made of smoke
but I’ve lost my way
she knows that I am broke
so that I must pay
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, whoa, temptation, temptation, I can’t resist
Dutch pink and Italian blue
she is waiting there for you
my will has disappeared
now my confusions oh so clear
temptation, temptation, temptation
whoa, whoa, temptation, temptation
I can’t resist
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The candle that DianeL first lit many months ago, and which has become such an important part of these diaries since, is still available here.
You can copy that image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), craft your own image, and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment – as a sign that you know, but do not approve, and are not resigned.
“It is like trying to ignite – to pass on the responsibilities as much as possible to everyone else.” – Ravi Shankar
Light A Candle For
Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
and For The Children – Innocence Lost,
And The Perpetual Conflict Future We Have Given Them!
Pass This On, Short But Too The Point!
What after Saddam being sentenced to hang? Is it a milestone or the hurry up and exit?
Two views: Riverbend’s “When all else fails execute the dictator.”
and from Israel,
Saddam’s death sentence: ‘A Milestone on the US Road out of Iraq’
Iraq’s sectarian fault lines widen
We must never give up the fight to bring our kids home.
Peace will come when the real dictator is tried for high crimes and misdemeaners and hung for the same thing Saddam has done. Killed hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings.
peace
For Ricky Clousing and the children who are now safe because one soldier refused to kill.