Saddam Hussein Executed

[animal]

CNN just reported that Saddam was hanged at 10:05pm EST. I guess he's REALLY with Satan now!

http://www.thamike.com/fn_images/satan_saddam.jpg
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[DecoJuicer]

I can't wait to see the video. I hope he is currently burning in whatever hell he believed in.

[animal]

As bad as Saddam was, and I am definitely BY NO MEANS defending him or his regime, he did at least allow Iraq's brewing industry to function, something that may or may not be allowed to continue under the current government.
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[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by animal
As bad as Saddam was, and I am definitely BY NO MEANS defending him or his regime, he did at least allow Iraq's brewing industry to function, something that may or may not be allowed to continue under the current government.

He actually had one of the most secular nations in the Mideast. Their is a HUGE Catholic enclave in Iraq where they were allowed to attend Mass, run liquor stores and so forth, many things that are not allowed under Sharia.

Of course I am not sad to see this man go. For those who would like to see a grainy video check out liveleak.com. They have a video shot with a cell phone.

[Spicoli]

I myself do not beleive in capital punishment. No matter who you are. I think they should have kept him behind bars for the rest of his years.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by Spicoli
I myself do not beleive in capital punishment. No matter who you are. I think they should have kept him behind bars for the rest of his years.

Agreed

[De Hooter]

Well, I think that being caged for the rest of your life is crueler than execution.

[Spicoli]

No judge, lawyer or person should have the power to decide when another human should die. I believe he should have to think about every wrong he has done for the the rest of his life. Death is the easy way out.

[DecoJuicer]

The problem with letting him live, is that he remains a viable threat. Prisons in thrid world countries are notorious for being able to smuggle messages and contraband in and out of.

It would not be difficult for him to build a base of supporters and then have himself broken out. Then he is once again a threat to everyone in the area.

By removing him from this world, he can't ever harm anyone again. Ever.

I strongly believe in the death for the right people.

[HogieWan]

I agree with both spicoli and and deco. I don't think the death penalty is right, but it is the best way to deal with certain people.

[Mill Rat]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer
It would not be difficult for him to build a base of supporters and then have himself broken out. Then he is once again a threat to everyone in the area. I concur that this is the real reason that he was so quickly dispatched. The current government wanted it to be impossible to "go back to the way it used to be."

[animal]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer
The problem with letting him live, is that he remains a viable threat. Prisons in thrid world countries are notorious for being able to smuggle messages and contraband in and out of.

It would not be difficult for him to build a base of supporters and then have himself broken out. Then he is once again a threat to everyone in the area.

By removing him from this world, he can't ever harm anyone again. Ever.

I strongly believe in the death for the right people. They could've stuck him in Gitmo. I doubt he would've had such an easy time breaking out of there.
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[Mill Rat]

Originally posted by animal
They could've stuck him in Gitmo. I doubt he would've had such an easy time breaking out of there. Yeah, but there goes the pretense of this being done by Iraqis, for Iraqis, to an Iraqi.

[animal]

Originally posted by Mill Rat
Yeah, but there goes the pretense of this being done by Iraqis, for Iraqis, to an Iraqi. They could have also put Saddam up before the International Court in the Hague, since Israel, Iran, and Kuwait also had justifiable complaints against him. At least that way it wouldn't have looked like a lynching by his enemies and probably given the Sunnis a martyr, as what seems to be the case now.
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[dparsons]

Originally posted by HogieWan
I agree with both spicoli and and deco. I don't think the death penalty is right, but it is the best way to deal with certain people.

The critical point is that the justice is not the decision of any individual or group of individuals. The decision is made that this action is unacceptable and there is a corresponding "punishment." Another group (a jury) decides whether the crime has been committed or not and doesn't decide the punishment. This removes it from being an act of vengence or judgement. Its as close as we can come to an impartial judge that is above us.

I put "punishment" in quotes because, like animal, I believe the punishment is at least in part a matter of protecting the rest of society from people who refuse to do right. It isn't right to make the innocent endure repeated criminal behavior by someone. The flip side of that is that the system needs to offer real opportunity for rehabilitation. This is where the prison system is most lacking.

[Stahlsturm]

Hanging Saddam now was the equivalent of hanging all Nazis in Nürnberg after just condeming them for starting a war. He was quickly disposed of so certain unpleasant things couldn't be said by him anymore. He is a martyr now and will do more damage than he was alive. Mark my words.

The turkish government was much smarter a few years ago when they captured the head of the PKK. They sentenced him to death by hanging and them buried him alive in a small prison island. Today nobody even knows his name anymore and the PKK is not a problem as it once was. Hanging the guy would've made him a martyr and cost the lives of thousands of people afterwards.

[RichC]

Originally posted by Stahlsturm
He was quickly disposed of so certain unpleasant things couldn't be said by him anymore.

I don't think the Shia cared what he did or did not say. They just wanted him dead.

[HarkJohnny]

saw the video that was leaked on the net. it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. glad he's done for

i hope his 86 virgins are all dead goats