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First consider the following ideas.
One can either consider "genocide" as the act of removing the practitioners of certain cultural traits from the larger population or one can consider it the act of removing specific genetic traits from a population. The jewish holocaust was an attempt at both of these ideas.
Since we are all of the human race and share a common ancestor out of Africa the legal definition of hereditary genocide is rather arbitrary and subject to definition of scope. There are traits common to all Arabs just as there are common traits between blood members of a specific family. Those that view genocide as sad unnecessary loss of genetic material and diversity rightly are justified in considering it a crime. Why was Saddam Hussein's sperm not preserved? Why was he not allowed possible conjugal visits as part of a life sentence?
His death penalty carried two victims. The first was Saddam Hussein's self, his personality and what ever you feel might have been subject to a death penalty. The second was his biological, self-replicating genetic makeup which is now lost to us forever.
It is true that Saddam also had three daughters, however from ancient times through that of today's Japanese royal family it is no secret that family bloodlines are preferred to be carried my male offspring.
Uaday was insane and had no children. Qusay had anywhere from two to four children. The only mention of a son was Mustapha Hussein who was killed in the same raid as his father. If any remaining child(ren) are female then Saddam Hussein's male bloodline will have become extinct by our hand. If we knowingly executed Saddam after these facts then we are factually guilty of genocide.
Bottom line is this. Unlike the death sentence this crime can be reversed if we undertake the reproductive cloning of Saddam Hussein. I believe George W. Bush to be a fundamentalist nut job who invaded Iraq to settle a blood feud with the Hussein clan as a way of vindicating his father in addition stealing oil and getting off on war.
George Bush the Elder's seed still lives on in the current President's nephews: Pierce Bush, Johnathan S. Bush, Billy Bush, George P. Bush and Jeb Bush Jr.
This post is not satire. If you disagree please explain.
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