Hanging of Saddam & last days of dictators

Analysis on dictators including two dead dictators of this month and third is waiting Saddam. Discussion on Bush and Sonia Gandhi: Dictators are got power with or without hereditary succession.

Dictator means a ruler who is not restricted by a constitution, laws or any opposition and behaves in a tyrannical manner.

It is the fact that dictators tend to live much longer than democrats. There is always 'fear-driven apathy' or the despondency associated with the dictatorships. More tragic is their capacity to divide the population. As we see divide and rule capacity of Congress premiers to follow British rulers of India. At present Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi and their government are busy to divide the people on the line of caste and religion. Sachchar committee and reservation policy are the examples.

Here in short we discuss the death of two dictators in this month and court order for hanging to Saddam. Besides these we try to know the last days of some dictators.

It is being seen that dictators generally get support from other dictators. Rahul Gandhi’s latest girl friend is a Venezuelan girl. India supported in United Nation Venezuelan dictatorial President Hugo Chavez Vel.

Dictator Pinochet died in this month: When Pinochet was under house arrest in London, he was paid a visit by none other than former Prime minister, Maggie Thatcher, who said how proud she was of him. Chile under Pinochet was the only country in South America that supported Britain against Argentina in the Falklands war.

Joseph Stalin: It is rightly said that pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment. Their eyes swell out with fatness; their heart overflows with follies. Archives from the former Soviet Union, for instance, assign blame for between 27 and 30 million deaths to Joseph Stalin. (It was Stalin who reputedly said, in a line that encapsulates the historical legacy of Communist regimes: “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”) On March 1, 1953, after an all-night dinner, Stalin collapsed in his room from a stroke. He was not discovered until that evening and died four days later, at the age of 74. Similarly, if Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, authors of Mao: The Untold Story, are correct, 70 million Chinese perished under Mao’s boot.

Modern dictators frequently they have seized power by coup, but some, most notably Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany achieved office as head of government by legal means (election or appointment), and once in office gained additional extraordinary powers. Under Joseph Stalin, the concentration of power in the Communist Party in the Soviet Union developed into a personal dictatorship, but after his death there emerged a system of collective leadership. Latin American and African nations have undergone many dictatorships, usually by military leaders at the head of a junta.

ADOLF HITLER: LEADER of Germany from 1934 until 1945 and the leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler cheated justice by taking his own life.

Mussolini: ON April 27, 1945, two years after being overthrown, the Italian dictator and ally of Hitler was captured near Lake Como by communist resistance units. A day later he and his entourage, including mistress Clara Petacci, were shot in the northern village of Giulinodi Mezzegra. Mussolini's body was eventually taken down and later buried in an unmarked grave in a Milan cemetery until the 1950s, when his body was moved back to his home town Predappio. It was stolen in the late 1950s by neo-fascists, but shortly recovered and reburied

Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's president who died on Dec 21, 2006, was known for his iron rule, lavish personality cult and eccentric decrees. Here are some of his notable comments:"I admit it, there are too many portraits, pictures and monuments. I don't find any pleasure in it, but the people demand it because of their mentality.""All I wanted was a small, cozy house" -- not the $100 million gold-domed, white marble presidential palace built for him."Anyone who complains about going without sausage or bread for a day is not a Turkmen.""We shall conduct reforms, but not by copying what you have in America, all that sexual stuff. If I allowed all those sexual shows on TV or the newspapers, the people would stone me."Mr. Niyazov weathered the Soviet Union’s collapse, becoming the president of independent Turkmenistan, pushing through a constitution that concentrated power in his hands and embarking upon a megalomaniacal career as president for life.

Saddam Hussein Hanging
Now Saddam can be hanged any day any time and even without the approval of Iraq’s present Shiite president as per court order. Indian government CPM and IMUL which is sharing power in the centre opposed the death sentence to Saddam. Iraqis have split over death penalty for Saddam. Ba'ath threatens retaliation if Saddam executed. Saddam supporters vow revenge. But Iraq prepares to execute Hussein. Saddam Hussein's farewell letter urges Iraqis not to hate invader US soldiers. Saddam Offers His Life as Sacrifice for Iraq. Saddam writes that he is prepared for death. Saddam's 'final message' urges Iraqis to unite. Saddam sentence is just 'political show,' analysts say. Saddam says `goodbye' to countrymen. Dictator Bush hails hanging of dictator Saddam.

Lawyer: Don't hand Saddam to Iraqis
Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer implored world leaders on Thursday to prevent the United States from handing over the ousted leader to Iraqi authorities for execution. "According to the international conventions it is forbidden to hand a prisoner of war to his adversary," the lawyer said.

Dictatorship by declaring emergency
Declaration of emergency is also a kind of modern dictatorship. Indira Gandhi was a divtator to announce emergency in India. In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly.
Dictatorship with hereditary succession
In different time dictatorships takes shapes in the different ways. Dictatorship in even democracy comes with hereditary succession, such as Bush dynasty in United States and Nehru Gandhi dynasty in India. These are also a kind of dictatorial rule.

Dictatorship without accountability or responsibility
At present in India Italian origin Sonia Gandhi has developed a new type of dictatorship. She is dictator to rule as shadow without accountability. She could not be PM because of her being an Italian born. So she is ruling as Super star on PM to devalue the PM post.

There are some character behaviors that are most common in dictators.

Power is god for them
Nothing is more appealing to a dictator than power. They keep power in their hands in democratic or military way. Some keeps powers to keeps sweets in both hands such as Musharraf.

Ignore rulesDictators ignore any laws and rules that weaken their ability to control a situation.

Dictators are not favored by mass populationSince dictators tend to be “evil,” people don’t like them. There are always the blind people and those who get more power by supporting the dictator, but the mass populous disapproves of a dictator. Such as Natwar Singh former Foreign Minister said he is a blind follower of Nehru Gandhi dynasty. PM Manmohan Singh is PM on the mercy of Sonia Gandhi. He commented that Uttar Pradesh needs modern leader. His hint was towards Rahul Gandhi. Lalu atonce endorsed the move to please Gandhi or to make the way for himself as a future PM? But he dropped his shoes on his head to say it. Congress and it’s mostly allies including NCP and LJP opposed Lalu. They think that Rahul is a great leader of the nation as a wealth of Gandhi dynasty for future PM. Is becoming CM of Uttar Pradesh insult?

Rely on propaganda and deceitIt may not be necessary for dictators to have the favor of the rest of the world, but it is in their own interest to convince their population that the right path is being taken. Dictators unite the people who fall for the lies. Example: Hitler blamed the world’s problems on the Jewish people and had his men kill anyone who harbored the Jews. In modern developed way Sonia Gandhi and her Congress and its supporters Leftists blamed nationalist parties and organizations to call them communal. Fake secular media is in the grip of so called secular government

Cause warInvading at least one other country is practically a requirement of a dictator. Such as Chinese dictators ate Tibbet and attacked India in 1962. Even it accepted to think over four point formula of Musharraf without obtaining it in a diplomatic way. At present UPA government fears war in night dream, so there is a talk of joint mechanism. PM accepts Indo US Civilian Nuke Deal without voting in the parliament as America did in its Congress.

Use dynastic ties
Many dictators rely on their family connections to start their reign of terror. Example: Kim Jong-il came to power after his father, the leader of North Korea for 46 years, died. Saddam gained power through his cousin. Dictatorial members of Nehru Gandhi dynasty are also depending on their family tie. Such as Sonia Gandhi rules PM of India because he is the wife of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Past history of crime
Many dictators have broken the law in some way which the general populous would consider negatively. Example: Both Hitler and Saddam were in jail for crimes before their rise to power. In India at present many history sheeters in the shape of mini dictators are in the cabinet of PM Manmohan Singh on the instruction of Sonia Gandhi. They say it a compulsion of alliance government. India has a dictatorial speaker in the parliament for the help of dictatorial government and its shadow opposition Leftists. Parliament suspended its members including Gandhi MP of Chhattisgarh who took bribe for asking questions. He asked in the parliament. Why did Sibu Soren spare? Is Soren’s crime of murder his secretary lower than taking bribe for asking questions?

By Premendra Agrawal

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