The first trial of Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity is scheduled to begin next Wednesday, four days after Iraqis may have approved a constitution.
There may be more trials for the Butcher of Baghdad for crimes against humanity -- if he is not hanged first.
In retrospect, will these events mark the coda on a regime of remarkable depravity and begin ushering in a stable and free nation⢠Or will they settle nothing of lasting importance?
We will hear echoes of the Nuremberg trials when Saddam is called to the bar of justice, but we should be hearing other echoes of history as well.
The security against Western Europe being absorbed into the spirit-killing misery of the Soviet empire was provided by the United States for more than four decades until the empire collapsed.
Is Islamofascism less or more resilient⢠There is no way to tell. But to believe a few decades of resistance will be sufficient is foolishness.
The superiority of political, economic and religious liberty is obvious to us but is not obvious to all. In point of fact, the desirability of freedom may be obvious to but a relative few.
And some folks can't be taught -- even in our own land.
