Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Excellent. Now for the celebratory drink and a phone call to Cousin Luci to chat about the new arrival.
Saddam Hussein Hanged
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BasketCase
Username sez it all
Why the Hague? He was sentenced for his involvement in the deaths of 148 people in Dujail--a city in Iraq.
He's an Iraqi. He was convicted--errrrr......
Let me start again.
Saddam WAS an Iraqi. He was convicted in connection with crimes on Iraqi soil. So what's wrong with an Iraqi court?
He's an Iraqi. He was convicted--errrrr......
Let me start again.
Saddam WAS an Iraqi. He was convicted in connection with crimes on Iraqi soil. So what's wrong with an Iraqi court?
Gogf
Indescribable
I'm not really sure what to say. The world is a much better place without him.
Cheetah
Deity
I hardly doubt this changes anything.
Saddam meets justice at last: Good. Now that we've meted out human justice, he get's to go explain his actions to God - I have a sneaking suspicion that Saddam's in for quite an eternity in hell. Perhaps it's not very Christian of me to not find that terribly sad, but somehow I'm not at all sad that Saddam is most likely going to hell.
I'm not sure whether I should be disgusted by that, or not.
Don't worry. Given how things are these days, it'll probably be up on YouTube within 24 hours.
I'm not sure whether I should be disgusted by that, or not.
JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
I don't know what it is, because I supported the death penalty for Saddam, but somehow this all just feels wrong.
CaptainF
The Professional Poster
Maybe it's the speed. In the US we take years to do this sort of thing, but the Iraqi's aren't wasting any time.
CaptainF
The Professional Poster
Yeah, no 72 virgins for this goon.
Trajan12
Deity
Good ridance
Dear god, CNN is now reporting that one of the whithness of the execution says that the Shiites at the execution started dancing around the body of saddam and chanting Shiite songs and prayers....
Are they trying to make things as bad as possible or what?
Now watch how Al-Quaeda makes him a martyr and how many more Sunni Jihadists will go to Iraq.
Are they trying to make things as bad as possible or what?
Now watch how Al-Quaeda makes him a martyr and how many more Sunni Jihadists will go to Iraq.
skadistic
Caomhanach
Loki cdn
Warlord
Why? because even though he richly deserved his fate, this will be seen simply as Shiite vengence with American backing by a great many people and possibly lead to more harm then good. A trail by an international court would have lent more credence to his conviction then the sideshow that was run in Iraq. However if the storm blows over in the next while without repercussions then once again I will say good ridance to him.
JonnyB
Workaholic
Weird, Global TV is treating this like a weather warning, with a message scrolling at the bottom of the screen.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
If we hauled Saddam off to the Hague and tried him there, what would be different? It could still be seen as Shiite vengeance, with American backing, and would "prove" to the Sunnis that the UN is in on the whole anti-Sunni conspiracy.
And the accusation that the UN is just a U.S. puppet isn't a new thing.
And the accusation that the UN is just a U.S. puppet isn't a new thing.
Captain Planet
Environmentalist
1. Trial was laughable to Democractic Standards
2. Saddam should have been tried in an International Court so a degree of ligitamacy could have been achieved in the Judicial Process (Iran-Iraq)
3. Saddam is executed
4. Democratic American's support undemocratic Execution
5. Saddam is tried for one crime amongst a multitude
6. Capital Punishment; not widely accepted in most Democratic countries.
7. American government keeps quiet, acts as if it had no part in this:
Saddam tries to assassinate Bush Sr.
Saddam threatens Western Oil Supply
Saddam invades Kuwait
U.S. invades Iraq
2. Saddam should have been tried in an International Court so a degree of ligitamacy could have been achieved in the Judicial Process (Iran-Iraq)
3. Saddam is executed
4. Democratic American's support undemocratic Execution
5. Saddam is tried for one crime amongst a multitude
6. Capital Punishment; not widely accepted in most Democratic countries.
7. American government keeps quiet, acts as if it had no part in this:
Saddam tries to assassinate Bush Sr.
Saddam threatens Western Oil Supply
Saddam invades Kuwait
U.S. invades Iraq
newfangle
hates you.
Hmm, can't say I support it since I don't support the death penalty.
It all seems a bit silly.
It all seems a bit silly.
Gogf
Indescribable
Why?
What makes the Iraqi process illegitimate?
Huh?
What makes this execution undemocratic? The fact that all Iraqis weren't given the opportunity to vote on it? Yes, in that sense, it was not a democratic execution.
Do you have any idea how long it would have taken to try him for all of his crimes?
But it's accepted in Iraq.
This was an Iraqi process. The US government has done their best to keep themselves out of it. It's important that Iraq executes their own brutal tyrant. Making a list of Saddam's attacks against America doesn't provide any useful insight, except that the world is a much better place without him.
