Tyrants In Skivvies

In yet another showing of America's sense of humor, member of our Armed Services serving in Iraq have anonymously released pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underwear to the British press. As if the US military didn't already have enough problems with following the rules set forth by the Geneva Convention, here is one more example of our troops degrading prisoners.

On the other hand, Saddam needs a little degradation, in my opinion. The man in charge of thousands of murders, rapes, and other human rights abuses ought to be publicly humiliated for the rest of his life. If nothing else, this serves as a potent reminder to the other tyrants and dictators of the world that they are not as safe and powerful as they think they are.

I sincerely hope that this image gets beamed across the global news networks into the living rooms of every dictator's residence. I just wish the image hadn't come from our military...

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About Erich

Erich is a web developer and a native New Englander who is passionate about life, the universe, and everything.

He is a Drupal consultant, previously employed as a senior developer at Harvard University, working on the IQSS OpenScholar project.  Prior to joining the team at Harvard, he was the engineering manager at CommonPlaces e-Solutions, in Hampstead, NH, contributing as the lead engineer on the Greenopolis.com and Twolia.com.

Erich is active in the Drupal community, having contributed modules and patches to the community. He presented at DrupalCon in Szeged Hungary, and co-presented at DrupalCon 2009 in Washington, DC.

Erich lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two sons, and three weimaraners.  When not writing code, Erich enjoys landscaping and woodworking.

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