12.15.2003
Daily Illini columnists weigh in
Two columnists for the Daily Illini write up Saddam Hussein's capture.
Matt Diller:
"I honestly thought that we would never capture him. I thought he would slip away from Iraq, escaping over the border to parts unknown. His ghost, though, would remain behind for years. We would have the occasional report of him or rumors that he was behind a new terror attack but would never actually capture him. He would've become the Keyser Soze of the Middle East, a phantom arch-villain behind everything but never actually found."
And Nathan Valentine:
"It is nice to think that the murderous dictators of the world are sleeping less soundly now, but it isn't likely. For every Hussein or Mussolini, there are several Idi Amins who die peacefully of old age and never reap the rage and hatred they sowed. But that is no reason not to enjoy Saddam's humiliation. And what better way to celebrate the capture of a tyrant abroad than with the restoration of liberty at home?"
Matt Diller:
"I honestly thought that we would never capture him. I thought he would slip away from Iraq, escaping over the border to parts unknown. His ghost, though, would remain behind for years. We would have the occasional report of him or rumors that he was behind a new terror attack but would never actually capture him. He would've become the Keyser Soze of the Middle East, a phantom arch-villain behind everything but never actually found."
And Nathan Valentine:
"It is nice to think that the murderous dictators of the world are sleeping less soundly now, but it isn't likely. For every Hussein or Mussolini, there are several Idi Amins who die peacefully of old age and never reap the rage and hatred they sowed. But that is no reason not to enjoy Saddam's humiliation. And what better way to celebrate the capture of a tyrant abroad than with the restoration of liberty at home?"
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