The Last of a Symbol

  This strategy to hang Saif al-Islam Qaddafi is designed to eliminate the last remaining symbol of Libya's cultural existence. General Douglas MacArthur insured the hanging of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo for war crimes yet the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were not accepted as war crimes. After years of war, Prime Minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq was hanged to ensure there would be no possibility of Mr. Aziz to assume political stature. The format to execute specified martyrs has been a historical symbol of ingrained triumphantcy.