Death of a Dictator

Yesterday, Saddam Hussein was finally executed by hanging.

Before the hanging, I thought that he deserved to die as punishment for all the innocent people that he killed and tortured and all the families that he has broken.

However, when I saw the preparations being done before he was hanged, I had a change of heart. No one deserved to die as punishment for what he has done no matter how ruthless. He
should at least be given the chance to fight for his life.

Killing a killer does not set anything right. It would've been better if he were sentenced to life imprisonment so that he would at least be given the chance to reflect on his life.

What Saddam Hussein did to a lot of people was inhuman. But yesterday, I saw his humanity when he tried to hide his fear as he was being prepared for his execution.... and it made me think... What were the events which made him what he is now? What was he thinking when he did all the atrocities to the Iraqi people? What were the thoughts running through his head from the time of his trial to the time before he was executed?