Saddam execution order upheld....thoughts?

[Tashtego]

we hate him because we propped him up and funded and armed him but then he wouldn't behave.

How did the United States 'prop him up' and arm Hussien's Iraq? All I've ever seen are Soviet sphere weaponry used by the Iraqi military. Are you thinking of how the French helped to build that Reactor that the Israeli's destroyed?

[kennslp]

I hate getting involved in these type of discussions, but in the interest of answering the pending question, take a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran-Iraq_war

Unfortunately, it was simply a case of the US doing what it thought was in it's own best interest. Turns out it was not such a great idea. It is my hope that we (our nation and it's government) can learn from these type of mistakes in policy. Only time will tell.

-Kenn

[OnlineStageGear]

i'm just disappointed that it's going to be a hanging - that seems like it is far too humane.

Uh Oh, we agree again.....

[shreddermon]

Maybe South Park had it right. Say hello to your boyfriend.

[rjohnstone]

He needs to be someones bitch for a while.
As for him getting executed... let's just say he won't be missed.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

I don't understand why you hate him so much.Yes he's a dictator,killed lots of people bla bla...But he has done nothing wrong to any of you.Non-iraq residents were out of his controlling area you know..And since nobody here cared so much about the Iraq residents and their life in political pressure and misery ,why do you hate so much?


It's just "hey they're killing someone.let's watch it.it sounds fun"


And killing him will just heaten up the area.Terrorists attacks will remain and become more often.

As an American I feel I can comment on this.

We are weird. We have double standards and often forget our past conveniently.

It wasn't very long ago that we killed off the native americans for their land. We also enslaved Africans for cheap labor. Don't get me started about Chivington's massacre just over a 100 years ago.

Moral of the post. Don't put anything past us and don't try to understand why. We are the judge, jury, and executioner of moral and ethical laws of the whole world.

[monk]

How do they even know it is the real Saddam? Wasn't there like 12 of him some years ago?

[fett]

I have no comment.

I just love this picture.

[xenophobe]

why? it is state sanctioned murder. you can call it anything you want but that's what it comes down to. just like all the people he is responsible for killing. except his murder is well deserved. i'm just disappointed that it's going to be a hanging - that seems like it is far too humane.

You're obviously confused. Look up the word murder.

Capitol Punishment is an action of Justice. Murder is an action of killing someone in malice, inhumanely or barbarously. Killing someone for crimes against humanity is not a malicious or barbaric act.

Personally, I think Saddam deserves a slow and torturous death. His excecution is far from State Sanctioned Murder on numerous levels.

[toejam]

You're obviously confused. Look up the word murder.

Capitol Punishment is an action of Justice. Murder is an action of killing someone in malice, inhumanely or barbarously. Killing someone for crimes against humanity is not a malicious or barbaric act.

Personally, I think Saddam deserves a slow and torturous death. His excecution is far from State Sanctioned Murder on numerous levels.

Bingo!

[VulfgangPfuck]

We are the judge, jury, and executioner of moral and ethical laws of the whole world.

It's what keeps this nation a superpower! And that, we must remain. We've earned it in the revolutionary war. If there's any non-Americans that don't care for that opinion...then too fuckin' bad!

You're obviously confused. Look up the word murder.

Capitol Punishment is an action of Justice. Murder is an action of killing someone in malice, inhumanely or barbarously. Killing someone for crimes against humanity is not a malicious or barbaric act.

Personally, I think Saddam deserves a slow and torturous death. His excecution is far from State Sanctioned Murder on numerous levels.

Bingo +1 !!

[Tashtego]

I hate getting involved in these type of discussions, but in the interest of answering the pending question, take a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran-Iraq_war

Unfortunately, it was simply a case of the US doing what it thought was in it's own best interest. Turns out it was not such a great idea. It is my hope that we (our nation and it's government) can learn from these type of mistakes in policy. Only time will tell.

-Kenn

Interesting stuff. No weapons sales but other types of diplomatic and trade support to help keep Iraq from being defeated by Iran. The author(s) make it sound like Iraq was working on WMDs. Does this discredit the article?

The biggest surprise to me was the part about drawing a line in sand at the Iranian border and telling the Soviets not to cross or else.

Why do you say it was a mistake to keep Iran from overrunning Iraq?

[Argos]

You're obviously confused. Look up the word murder.

Capitol Punishment is an action of Justice. Murder is an action of killing someone in malice, inhumanely or barbarously. Killing someone for crimes against humanity is not a malicious or barbaric act.

Personally, I think Saddam deserves a slow and torturous death. His excecution is far from State Sanctioned Murder on numerous levels.

That's a subjective argument. Some of us don't consider capital punishment to be a form of "justice". Perhaps you should take that into consideration before questioning my choice of words.

[fett]

And I didn't even start this.:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[petedz]

Capitol Punishment is an action of Justice. Murder is an action of killing someone in malice, inhumanely or barbarously. Killing someone for crimes against humanity is not a malicious or barbaric act.

+ a billion

A punishment can't be found to fit crimes like his. Maybe if there were a way to carry out thousands of consecutive death sentences on one individual.

Ah well, this thread will be gone soon regardless...