I'm not one to celebrate people's death, but I will sleep a little easier tonight knowing that he now belongs in the past.
I celebrated Albert Speer's death. Nothing said by any historian subsequent to the trial(s) makes me think he truly accepted what he had done, and what he helped happen.
I celebrated Pinochet, and Franco dying. I wish they'd died sooner.
Because of the ZA truth and reconciliation process, I have markedly more charity for the white south african political leaders who helped do something truly impressive: A flawed, but none the less important process for grieving families to learn what really happened.
A lot of people in my political sphere struggle with Mugabe who, like Rush was fiercly anti-gay, as well as a complete savage monster. Nobody much mourns Idi Amin.
Yet we let Tony Blair parade his wit and wisdom, who allowed a completely corrupted process to determine his nations role in a very un-just war, and we tolerate his attorney-general Goldsmith, who equivocated on it with bad advice. Strange. Blair should be in prison.