[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Hang Saddam Hussein

[john Belanger]

i think saddam should have been given a life sentence to avoid political shootout. most extremists would have gotten less reason for violent reaction. if indeed that regime is a puppet regime then the puppeteer should have directed the court to give him life. the political solution chosen seems to be the dreaded war of attrition that requires fight to the death. we need allies in iraq and it seems all we have is dependents who grudgingly do what they are told till in time they are given their freedom from their domineering masters. they will then go on to make their own mistakes. meanwhile they keep disappointing us and acting like children till we throw up our hands and leave. we can win this conflict but not without throwing everyone in jail. where are the advocates of states rights?

Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:  So, Herb,

How do you feel about hanging Saddam Hussein?

Some Shiite terrorists tried to assassinate him in this town while Iraq 
was at war with Iran. He caught them, tried them, and executed them.

We deposed him. Caught him. And handed him over to the terrorists who 
originally tried to assassinate him.

Now they have decided to execute him for "war crimes".

Is it OK?

Fortunes of war?

Don't piss us off?

Winner's rules?

Bill Effros

Herb Parsons wrote:
> How so Robert? How is it "backwards"? It IS sad that people must volunteer their lives to defend a nation, but that's the nature of man. Sending those men to war should not be a crime in and of itself. Were it so, our presidents would have been "criminals" during WWI, WWII, Korea, etc etc etc. 
>
> Like I said, if anyone wants to argue the right and wrong of the war on it's own merits, fine.
>
> However; the comparison to other things that are undoubtedly wrong is intellectually dishonest.
>
> Sort of the like the guy that is speeding, and complains as he gets the ticket that the policeman should be concentrating on other crimes instead.
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> Herb Parsons
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>>>> robert at squirrelhaven.com 11/5/2006 9:13:56 am >>>
>>>> 
> Looks like we have some things backward, 
> don't we, Herb...
>
> /Robert
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> Herb Parsons wrote:
> 
>> Apples and oranges Rummy.
>>
>> Perjury is a crime.
>> Sending thousands to their deaths in a war is not.
>>
>> Herb Parsons
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