From Nightmare to Museum Exhibit
This is a positive sign, I think.
On the two-year anniversary of Saddam’s death by hanging, Iraq is preparing to open a new museum that will allow Iraqis to see up close such macabre mementos of mass executions, torture, and other atrocities committed in Saddam’s decades-long rule.
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It will showcase torture devices such as a man-shaped metal cage where, in the Iraqi Olympic center, Saddam’s son Uday used to lock underperforming athletes for weeks at a time — and set them naked under the burning sun, the metal searing their flesh.
It strikes me as important that Saddam Hussein’s regime has gone from being an omnipresent bogeyman to a historical cautionary tale exhibited in a museum. If the exhibits put a little bit of “never again” in the hearts of the Iraqi people, that’s not a bad thing. Even better if visitors from other nations get a little dose of the same thing and take it home with them.
Other Posts of Interest:
- More Political Progress in Iraq.
- Iraqi Reporters Make Rookie Mistake, Treat President Bush with Respect
- Iraq Goes 10 for 18. More to Come.
Category: Alliances and Allies, No More Tyrants
