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2004-03-18 Iraq-Jordan

Saddam Should Face International Court - Del Ponte

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Posted by Steve White 2004-03-18 6:06:42 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sorry, but no. We want Justice this time not another UN F*CKUP.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-3-18 6:18:52 PM|| 2004-3-18 6:18:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps after Iraq and Kuwait have their trials and EXECUTE their sentences, the UN will have its case prepared.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-3-18 6:20:02 PM|| 2004-3-18 6:20:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Good compromise, Mr. D. The Iraqis/Kuwaitis plant him and then the UN can try him in (big time)absentia.

Posted by Matt 2004-3-18 6:31:06 PM|| 2004-3-18 6:31:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 To avoid interference from outside, I think an international court could serve best," she said.

I can't be the only one to notice the utter vapidity of that statement. This is probably one of those "foreign leaders" the Ketchup Kid's been talking to.

Posted by cpm 2004-3-18 6:57:51 PM|| 2004-3-18 6:57:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Her ego and contract with the UN / ICT / Phrawnce must be running out. Is Chirac getting antsy about his financial dealings with Saddam finally seeing the light of day? I'm sure Carla would help him out - where the Iraqis might see things a tad differently.

What is it about the "international" institutions that breed such egomaniacal incompetents? Blix, ElBarradai, del Ponte, et al... When factoring in their productivity, they operate in the negative and, yet, command a bank of microphones for every utterance and salaries of significance. These darlings of the reality-challenged jet-set multi-culti crowd are losers - we don't need Mr Hair (Trump) to say it, "You're Fired, now Fuck Off and go find a real job - fucktard."

Lamers.

Posted by .com 2004-3-18 7:18:48 PM|| 2004-3-18 7:18:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Please, all.
Ms. Del Ponte has a long, distinguished and proven career as a prosecutor, judge and jurist, and has been widely praised by citizens of many nations -- including those of the United States -- for her fairness, humanity, judgement and legal expertise. The issue of judicial authority over Saddam -- now that the nation over which he held power no longer exists in any practical sense -- is a real and serious question, over which people of intelligence, judgement and good will can reasonably differ. The insults, 'ad hominem' arguments and unthinking slogans posted on this thread are unworthy, and serve no purpose.

Posted by whk 2004-3-18 7:33:32 PM|| 2004-3-18 7:33:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 serve no purpose? I think they convey our communal snort of derision that the UN and Ms. Del Ponte in particular, are the founts of judicial and geopolitical wisdom they pretend to be.
I, for one, would trust the quick decision of a US infantryman with an M-16 to deal more justice than the UN. Call me bad...I'll cry myself to sleep over it, be assured

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-18 8:00:38 PM|| 2004-3-18 8:00:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Considering the news that has been recently coming out about the UN food-for-oil scandal, I don't think I could really trust anyone associated with the UN to 'administer justice' in a case that involves Hussein.

In the US, we would call it 'conflict of interest'. Since she seems to prefer the term 'politcal interference', I might suggest that would also be an excellent term to apply to the idea of a UN administered trial.

Posted by Kathy K 2004-3-18 8:19:06 PM|| [site-essential.com/] 2004-3-18 8:19:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 For Saddam anything less than wormfood would be an injustice.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-3-18 8:28:14 PM|| 2004-3-18 8:28:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 And the Iraqis have earned it.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-3-18 8:28:38 PM|| 2004-3-18 8:28:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 "To avoid interference from outside, I think an international court could serve best."

The "international court" this presumptuous woman would try Saddam in, is itself the ultimate in outside interference. Saddam's fate belongs in the hands of the Iraqi people, and whatever fate they choose for him--no matter what it is--is intrinsically more just, and more legitimate, than anything any "international court" could impose (or would impose if, by some strange chance, it had the balls to impose anything at all).

And what's with all these countries that want to be Saddam's judges now, anyway? For a decade they were convinced Saddam and his WMD were a menace, yet they didn't want to do anything about it--and even wanted to do away with the UN sanctions. Now, they're convinced Saddam "never" had any WMD, yet they want to put him on trial before Europe's finest, most incorruptible judges?

Hypocrisy like that makes my head spin.

WHK: Stuff a sock in it, why don'tcha? Rantburg is no place for supercilious, prissy twits.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-3-18 8:30:05 PM|| 2004-3-18 8:30:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Ms. Del Ponte may be a veritable Solomon sitting under a palm tree but as for:

"The issue of judicial authority over Saddam ,,, is a real and serious question",

I've seen more complex jurisdictional issues resolved by a competent judge in 15 minutes.

Posted by Matt 2004-3-18 9:18:56 PM|| 2004-3-18 9:18:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Ah, the "international courts". If they get hold of Saddam, he'll spend five years waiting for his trial, two years sitting in a "court", and then get let go so he can enjoy his villa on the French Riviera.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-3-18 9:37:44 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-3-18 9:37:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks for the input, Carla.
By the way, who the hell are you?

Posted by tu3031 2004-3-18 10:08:37 PM|| 2004-3-18 10:08:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I believe that was Deborah who sat under the palm tree and judged the people. I could be wrong.

I doubt Ms. Del Ponte will ever accompany any general to a battle.

I would add the epithet "spineless bubblehead", but it seems redundant.

Posted by Quana 2004-3-18 11:17:13 PM|| 2004-3-18 11:17:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 let go so he can enjoy his villa on the French Riviera

Why not? He paid Chirac enough for it.

Posted by ed 2004-3-18 11:36:25 PM|| 2004-3-18 11:36:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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