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2003-12-15 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-15 16:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let's do it Uncle Joe's way - first the execution, then the trial.

Posted by Raj 2003-12-15 4:36:45 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-12-15 4:36:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Where is Vyshinksky when you really need him?

___________________borgboy

Posted by borgboy 2003-12-15 5:08:51 PM|| 2003-12-15 5:08:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope they do not re-instate the death penalty for him.

Keeping him alive as a living display, breaking rocks, make him eat prok chops, tend a pig herd, etc.

Or, do what my wife suggested:

Put him on display in a 10x10 cage downtown, to let the people see the bastard and spit on him or throw shoes. Make a mockery out of him.

This would also solve the death penalty problem, indirectly. You do remember that there are a lot fo RPG's laying around Iraq, right? And the RPG-7 is effective up to 500 meters against point targets, like a cage in a town square.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-12-15 6:12:45 PM|| 2003-12-15 6:12:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The treatment Macduff offered Macbeth if he wanted to live...

We need to understand that this is not about a "fair trial" for Saddam. There just can't be a fair trial for him. No atrocity that we or the Iraqis could inflict on him could ever be "fair" (matching his crimes).

What most people don't understand yet this is not about Saddam having a right to "his day in court". It's about the right of his victims to face the monster... a truth commission without the South African forgiveness.

Everybody should be allowed to be heard in court. Yes, this could take a while. We could send the (surviving) victims in by groups though.. one day for the ones without tongues, one day for those without handss, one day for those whose relatives were gassed.... you get the point.

Saddam has no right to anything. He doesn't even have the Nazi excuse of "just following orders"... because he GAVE them.

When tyrants fall, it's the famous "vae victis" (woe to the conquered) treatment for them.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-12-15 7:49:23 PM|| 2003-12-15 7:49:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 What to do with saddam:
1) cut out tongue
2) throw from top of 1 story building until tender
3) feed into industrial plastic shredder

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-15 9:00:10 PM|| 2003-12-15 9:00:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Romanians were just proving to everybody that Nicky wasn't really a vampire. There were rumors. Plus, as an added bonus they finally got his harpy of a wife to STFU, which everyone really appreciated. She had the most annoying whine...

Oh, and it convinced the securitate to come out of their bunkers, too. A good day all around, in my humble opinion.

Posted by mojo 2003-12-15 11:01:25 PM|| 2003-12-15 11:01:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 A small nitpick- Noriega is considered a POW.

"[ICRC Spokesperson]Christen noted that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega -- overthrown and captured by U.S. troops in 1990 -- was formally declared a prisoner of war but this did not prevent him being tried and jailed in the United States for drugs offences."

He has certain rights not afforded other federal prisoners, like the right to wear his military uniform. Regardless, he can expect to remain jugged until approximately the end of time.

Posted by GKarp 2003-12-15 11:05:43 PM|| 2003-12-15 11:05:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The link didn't work on that one. Here's the URL anyway:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0208-04.htm

Posted by GKarp 2003-12-15 11:07:01 PM|| 2003-12-15 11:07:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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