Another one has “bit the dust.” They always do. This one’s name is Saddam Hussein. He “put himself out” as a great general in what he referred to as “The Mother of All Battles.” As a result, his country was just short of pulverized.
Of course, you know that our military
attacked and occupied Iraq a decade later, a result of The War on Terrorism.
Though I’m a former member of The United States Army, I don’t know whether our
occupation of Iraq was in our best interest. “The jury is still out.”
But Saddam has been deposed, and for that
I am glad.
“How the mighty are fallen.” For this
“rascal,” (a very kind word for the brutal tyrant,) had it all. He fancied
himself a present-day Nebuchadnezzar, for he had begun rebuilding the ancient walls
of Babylon. Hussein’s wealth, mostly stolen from his own people, and embezzled
from foreign investments, was fantastic. Due to security concerns, he
constantly moved between dozens of extraordinarily beautiful palaces.
Members of our military found him in what
has been referred to as a “spider hole.” He’s been incarcerated for a year now,
and he will ultimately be brought to trial. Word on the street is that he’ll be
hung for the multiplicity of his crimes. I can only hope so, for he’s been nothing
short of a modern-day Hitler, or Stalin.
So while this evil fellow is waiting to
“pay the piper,” it seems he is required to do some of the ordinary things,
that common people do for themselves; sweeping his cell, washing his clothes by
hand, (and for all I know, scrubbing his toilet.)
Several bizarre photographs appeared in
the foreign and domestic tabloids today. Saddam is seen examining a pair of
pants, while clad only in a pair of “whitey-tighties.” And while the liberal
press, and most especially
Hussein’s
lawyer feel the publication of these pictures is scandalous, it suits me just
fine. The Old Boy needs a little “comeupins.”
Indeed, the rascal looks pretty
bedragled. It seems his Clairol for Men has run out, and his course, gray hair
needs a good combing. So much like his former idol, Nebuchadnezzar, (who actually originated in this same part of the world). For the
scripture concerning this Babylonian king might just as well refer to Saddam
Hussein.
For
“You
are no longer ruler of this kingdom. You will be forced out of the palace to
live with the animals in the fields.”
and
“(He)
was chased from his palace and…his body was wet with dew; his hair grew as long
as eagles’ feathers…” (Daniel 4:31-33, LB)
and
“Are
you so ignorant? Are you so deaf to the words of God-the words He gave before
the world began? Have you never heard, nor understood? It is God who sits above
the circle of the earth… He dooms the great men of the world and brings them
all to naught. They hardly get started, barely take root, when He blows on them
and their work withers and the wind carries them away like straw.” (Isaiah
40:21-24, LB)
God always seems to level out the playing
field.
By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "Unconventional Devotions" Copyright 2005
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