Saddam could not be punished with mere death. His pride needed to be crushed, never to rise again. His shame had to be made absolute.
Captured three years ago like a beast in a dirty pit, Saddam was put to death unceremoniously. Like a common criminal, Saddam was hanged – just as Jews were to begin the fast of the Tenth of Tevet, commemorating Nebuchadnezzer’s siege around Jerusalem, which ultimately lead to his destruction of the Temple.
Saddam Hussein understood what this war was all about.
It wasn’t about territory. It wasn’t about oil. It wasn’t even about power.
It was a war against God.
It was a desperate attempt to foil His plan for the Jewish people to dwell securely in Israel, to rebuild the holy Temple and to solidify their relationship with Him.
That is why Saddam’s very last words summarized his 2,600-year war against the Jewish people. With the hangman’s noose secured around his throat, the final words ever to be uttered by Saddam Hussein were “Palestine is Arab.”
Palestine is not Arab. The Jewish land is inseparable from the Jewish people who very soon will merit the coming of Mashiach, the rebuilding of the Temple and the demise of all tyrants. It is then that all mankind will serve God in unison and humility.
