Saddam hangs

[hooskins]

All of you that are in support of the death sentence are totally forgetting about how this is just gonna cause more sectarian violence...political leaders get treated differently..period that is how it is...no one gets hanged nowadays bc it is barbaric and as a civilization we have moved beyond that..even tho the criminal may have been barbaric.

Yeah it isnt fair, but he should have gotten a different judgement, if the court system in place was not based on anger and retaliation this would not happen. He should not have been killed...only exacerbates the problem.

[saden1]

Our retarded government should have handed him to The International Court. Sadly we are more inept than we realize.

[SkinEmAll]

I personally dont care how much it cost to execute someone vs. life in prison. As it was said it dont cost too much if they get it done in 30 days or less. And inmates still have access to anything and everything they had on the streets. They can still harm people. I must sadly admit I have a family member whos been in prison for over ten years who had the misfortune of being involved in a 3 person fight and one ended up dead.The dead guy was trying to rob the other two. And I can tell you its easy to get things into prison.Guards will do anything for the right amount of $$.

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

TheStar.com - News - SADDAM HANGS

What are we doing hanging people in this day and age? I just don't get the whole capital punishment deal. Pretty barbaric if you ask me.

Pretty barbaric to kill that guy? Come on. Sickening to believe someone would even believe that.

More barbaric practices are legally and willingly carried out every day within our own borders.

[dall-assblows]

if you take someones life, your life should be taken from you.

[12thMan]

Let me go on the record and say I think we, America, executed Saddam.
Yes, he was hung in Iraq by Iraqis, but his blood is on our hands.

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Let me go on the record and say I think we, America, executed Saddam.
Yes, he was hung in Iraq by Iraqis, but his blood is on our hands.

So? 6 feet under is a good place for him.

[SkinEmAll]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Let me go on the record and say I think we, America, executed Saddam.
Yes, he was hung in Iraq by Iraqis, but his blood is on our hands.

Why dont you expand on that thought for me please.

[Redskin]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Let me go on the record and say I think we, America, executed Saddam.
Yes, he was hung in Iraq by Iraqis, but his blood is on our hands.

MMM SADDAM BLOOD BATHE IN IT BATHE IN IT YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!

I dont get this post yea we cought him pulled him out of hiding declared war on him so what if we got him killed however indirectly we didnt kill him and even if we did who cares were talking about saddam not the pope.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Let me go on the record and say I think we, America, executed Saddam.
Yes, he was hung in Iraq by Iraqis, but his blood is on our hands.

And 25 Million people in Iraq thank us.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by Buster

And 25 Million people in Iraq thank us.

Hahaha, I must be reading the wrong things because those Iraqis still seem pretty mad at us to me.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

Hahaha, I must be reading the wrong things because those Iraqis still seem pretty mad at us to me.

They should be. We screw up their country, and now they basically have a civil war brewing. Then we execute the one guy that held these two opposing groups at bay.

We have a way of interpreting what we deem to be peace and a civilized community for other countries. It's really unfortunate we put all of our eggs in one basket with Iraq, because now Syria and Iran, and to some extent North Korea have taken note that we've used a lot of political capital and they are most certainly going to continue to pursue their 'programs'.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

They should be. We screw up their country, and now they basically have a civil war brewing. Then we execute the one guy that held these two opposing groups at bay.

In all fairness, Saddam didn't so much "hold [the Shi'a and Sunni] at bay" as he made the minority Sunni the ruling elite and tortured and killed the Shi'a while occasionally using them as practice targets for biological weapons.

So yes - He did maintain civil peace.

There is a civil war in Iraq mainly b/c of: 1) the decades of Sunni repression of the Shi'a; 2) the Shi'a's desire for revenge and power; 3) the US administration's incredibly misjudgment as to the depth and breadth of the divisions and hatred hidden by Saddam's vigorous repression.

Oh, and don't forget the Kurds (another group "held at bay" by Saddam).

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Buster

And 25 Million people in Iraq thank us.

You can't really believe this is true.

[onlydarksets]

I tried creating a political thread once....once.