What good will come out of Saddam's hanging?
So Saddam received the death penalty. Hardly a surprise considering the charges against him, but what good will come out of it?
Saddam was a menace during the 1980's and slaughtered may innocent people. But after losing US support, Saddam was trapped and wasn't a threat anymore. Iraq had no WMD and faced heavy survelliance from the International community who were poised to remove Saddam Hussein if he carried out one transgression. But the US believed Saddam to be such a threat they couldn't listen to rational arguments and decided to invade.
After the US seized control of Iraq clearly there were no WMD in Iraq. US republicans switched their talking points from talking about enriched uranium programs in Iraq to claiming that Saddam was the WMD they were looking for. I find it hard to believe that Saddam would have killed 300, 000 - 600, 000 Iraqis during the past 3 years and Iraq would be mired in a nation-wide civil war. The Iraq war was a gross mistake and the Iraqi death toll has matched the death toll under Saddam's entire tenure and the US is recording record deficits. It's too late for an apology from the US to Iraq for the mess they orchestrated.
Saddam's execution solves nothing. It's a hollow victory for his enemies and it infuriates his supporters. Saddam should have served life in prison where he would have been forced to live with his past deeds. But by turning Saddam Hussein into a martyr, Iraq's civil war will not lose any steam, and global jihadists will have yet another reason to kill westerners. Why would anybody celebrate Saddam's execution?
posted by canadianwild.ca @ 11/05/2006 10:10:00 AM
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4 Comments:
An indication that someday all dictatorships could turn democratic and tribunals held for the actions of the dictator during their rule.
The foreknowledge of this might cause them to think twice before acting against their own people.
Though I do not believe a single man should determine if a life is to be taken, it is important that crimes such as his be considered as inhumane and their justice should follow their example.
Hang him slowly by lifting him by crane. Do not drop him so his neck breaks and he dies quickly. He needs to wiggle like the snake he is
simple it takes more money to keep him alive.
War makes money for big companies and keeping him alive would cost the government more money they could use on other wars, or other religions that scare the US government. Maybe there friends to the north?
saddam was dictator during his regime..during the earlier times his ruling was accptable for all of the countrymen as well as international community.then with moral support of america he fought with IRAN.America is playing a double side game .then later saddam invaded part of Kuwait(which blames part of IRAQ).Then he started loosing the grip with america.after war IRAQ became poor country and saddam increased oil price ,this made america and europe countries angry and started treat him as dictator.doing invasion to many countries america is became a dictator in all the way.will president bush be punished by international court.he made iraq ,afganistan,etc poor and poor and fueled terrorism...see how what happens to the world
One thing that we have to remember is that the Iraqi people sentenced him to death, not the American Government. I have mixed feelings about Saddam hanging, but if one man ever deserved it he did.
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