Saddam Hussein Executed

Its funny that the only export these middle eastern countries have is texas tea and heroin and who wants the most texas tea. ;)

I wish all the oil would run out in the middle east then maybe they would think twice about what they are living off.

Water, Crops, Animals, Production. Nope.
 
Visionary said:
You say people should do some background research? Maybe you should as well, there is no way Bush and Blair have caused more deaths than Saddam :confused: Saddam lost 500,000+ men fighting Iran, not mention all of the Kurds etc. he has killed.

Edit- To add, how are Bush and Blair committing crimes against humanity? They aren't directly attacking civilians, just militia.
Click to expand...

The Iran-Iraq war killed over a million all told. Many of them killed in chemical warfare initiated by Saddam.

Thats before we get to the thousands killed inside Iraq by his "security" services, and the thousands killed when Saddam invaded Kuwait. Thats two wars initiated by Saddam.

He didn't deserve to hang. Maybe drown in his own mucus as a result of chemical agents, or being fed feet first into a meat grinder, like many of his victims.
 
Saddam_Noose.gif

Hang baby Hang.
 
stinka said:
i think its like christmas day over there or sommit ;)

stinka
Click to expand...

It's called Eeed (sp?) there Holiest of days which is why i asked, Why today of all days ?
 
astounds me how so many are happy to see a person die, and have it all served up by our media during the past day.

i think it's a big mistake.

yes he did terrible things, to lots of people. stuff that we can't imagine. and plenty of families over there are no doubt joining the cheering of his death.

but it's a step backward. barbaric. shows no attempt of understanding the problems over there, what went wrong, and how we could learn by it all.

thought i'd be glad he was killed but i'm not. time will tell i guess.
 
n3crius said:
but it's a step backward. barbaric. shows no attempt of understanding the problems over there, what went wrong, and how we could learn by it all.

thought i'd be glad he was killed but i'm not. time will tell i guess.
Click to expand...

It's not a step backward. The Iraqi's chose to end his life and that's their right. It may not be a setp forward for Iraq in this respect but it isn't a backward step. They've been executing people for years.
 
Jet said:
It's not a step backward. The Iraqi's chose to end his life and that's their right. It may not be a setp forward for Iraq in this respect but it isn't a backward step. They've been executing people for years.
Click to expand...

ok. another step backwards.
 
malc30 said:
It's called Eeed (sp?) there Holiest of days which is why i asked, Why today of all days ?
Click to expand...
You mean Eid ul-Adha, the festival which marks the end of the Hajj. The festival commemorates 'Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael for God' and lasts four days. This year it began today (30th December) and will run through to 2nd January.

One would assume that the timing of the execution was influenced by this festival, as it took place at approximately 6AM local time – before dawn on the first day of Eid ul-Adha. I assume that performing the execution during the festival might have angered a few people, but thats a wild assumption.

*av
 
Jet said:
It's not a step backward. The Iraqi's chose to end his life and that's their right. It may not be a setp forward for Iraq in this respect but it isn't a backward step. They've been executing people for years.
Click to expand...

How did Iraqi's choose to end his life? They were consulted in any form of referrendum, quite rightly, I cannot think of my worse that a death sentence imposed due to subjective and ignorant public opinion.

I can along assume you mean the judges? Would that the judge who resigned because of interference from the US governemnt demanding a guilty verdict? Was is the chief defense lawyer that was murdered amoungst alligations of torture of defense witnesses and Saddam himself?

Whether someone is executed (I am against the death penalty anyway) is simply not a matter of public opinion, it requires a guilty verdict by a fair and established court. It is the worst form of victors justice that can create a court of it's choosing, and put enough pressure on it to deliver the verdict it wants. I believe it is against the Geneva convention for an occupying force to establish a court of their own and prosecute the rulers of the defeated nation. Not that breaking its terms has ever stopped the US doing what it likes before....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom