ArtPolitic - Martyr

Submission for ArtPolitic 06 - War and Peace

I created this piece before the war in Iraq had started. Before the American lead coalition launched their attack aimed at decapitating the Iraqi regime by killing Saddam Hussein. The question I found myself asking is if killing this man will do anything but martyr him?

Certainly this will be the case for the Muslim extremists but I think it will likely be true for many Iraqi's as well and others in the Middle East. Once again, the west continues to fan the fires of hatred... perhaps we should recognize that it is out ignorance of these people and their way of life that is the problem. That West is not best and we need to learn some respect for other cultures and other ways of life.

In any case, a martyr he will be. If he hasn't become one already.