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In Reply to: Given your politics, there would be no way around it posted by Victor Khomenko on January 3, 2007 at 07:51:19:
And I think that even many of his victims would have preferred that whole ugly truth come out.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Why was Saddam executed in such haste for the Dujail killings? Gwynne Dyer lays it out - GliderGuider 06:29:40 01/3/07 (48)
- this is common practice in any case involving someone accused of mass murder - Vril Disc 19:50:13 01/3/07 (0)
- Re: Why was Saddam executed in such haste for the Dujail killings? Gwynne Dyer lays it out - middleground 12:33:07 01/3/07 (0)
- What would you expect, after a verdict by a Kangaroo Court obbeying a murderous chimp? Should they judge him ... - orejones 08:03:43 01/3/07 (2)
- Watch our those arteries about to burst... - Victor Khomenko 08:24:36 01/3/07 (1)
- Ah, here´s the Bush-licking poodle, barking and trying to bit some ankles! Here, have a bone and hush...! (nt) - orejones 08:31:28 01/3/07 (0)
- It was the Iraqis, not the Americans. - j_thunders 07:52:02 01/3/07 (3)
- I'm going with option A as being more believable. U.S. didn't want it's involvement in Saddam's dirty work exposed. * - gme109 08:09:33 01/3/07 (2)
- You are probably right. - j_thunders 09:53:14 01/3/07 (1)
- I know it hurts you to see him go, but the pain will eventually go away - Victor Khomenko 07:24:28 01/3/07 (26)
- Simpleton. nt - gme109 07:32:41 01/3/07 (4)
- Re: Simpleton. nt - middleground 12:35:19 01/3/07 (0)
- I call it Ayn Rand Syndrome. They escape one extreme only to immediately embrace the opposite extreme - late 07:37:52 01/3/07 (2)
- Re: I call it Ayn Rand Syndrome. They escape one extreme only to immediately embrace the opposite extreme - middleground 12:34:58 01/3/07 (0)
- Opposite , but equally wrong reaction. nt - gme109 07:52:31 01/3/07 (0)
- I am adamantly against the death penalty under any circumstances - GliderGuider 07:30:52 01/3/07 (20)
- Well, The Hague was inconvenient for just those reasons... - Jim Pearce 07:40:19 01/3/07 (10)
- What business is it of theirs? - Bruce from DC 08:16:58 01/3/07 (9)
- Re: What business is it of theirs? - middleground 12:36:41 01/3/07 (0)
- What business was Iraq of the US? - orejones 09:47:27 01/3/07 (0)
- Didn't Saddam win all the elections in Iraq before we arrived? - j_thunders 08:34:55 01/3/07 (0)
- "Are Iraqis not legally competent -- like children -- to manage their own affairs" Apparently they are not. - Tony D. 08:29:48 01/3/07 (0)
- Well, there is the notion of a "disinterested third party". - GliderGuider 08:29:01 01/3/07 (0)
- A client state in the middle of a sectarian civil war... - Jim Pearce 08:28:35 01/3/07 (3)
- If a nation constantly violates a peace treaty - piece-it pete 12:45:46 01/3/07 (2)
- Dubyaishly stupid, as usual (nt) - orejones 01:33:39 01/4/07 (1)
- That's all you got? Namecalling? - piece-it pete 05:27:25 01/4/07 (0)
- I generally oppose it, but am willing to accept in the most agregious cases - Victor Khomenko 07:34:41 01/3/07 (8)
- The point is, it appears as though the USA did tell them how to handle it. - GliderGuider 07:44:28 01/3/07 (3)
- Given your politics, there would be no way around it - Victor Khomenko 07:51:19 01/3/07 (2)
- I would have preferred an ICC trial, yes. - GliderGuider 01/3/0708:03:14 01/3/07 (1)
- As Bolton said, you can't accept international law... - Jim Pearce 08:18:01 01/3/07 (0)
- Many Iraqi's are upset that he didn't get tried for his real crimes. nt - sjb 07:37:48 01/3/07 (3)
- How many? - Victor Khomenko 07:40:06 01/3/07 (2)
- How many are Sunnis? 40% of the population? - j_thunders 08:11:04 01/3/07 (1)
- It is 35% - Victor Khomenko 08:14:58 01/3/07 (0)
- Napoleon at Elbe, they are afraid things could easily spiral completely out of control. ..nt - late 07:04:19 01/3/07 (1)
- You just don't get it Glider. Saddam was a bad man, a bad bad bad man, & we're the good guys who are saving the world. - gme109 07:03:01 01/3/07 (1)
- Sorry, I forgot to take my soma this morning. - GliderGuider 07:09:28 01/3/07 (0)
- It's like the tax case against Capone. - piece-it pete 06:58:36 01/3/07 (6)
- Surprising Saddam even made it to trial, of course that 'trial' was tightly controlled to avoid exposure of US crimes. - Tony D. 07:15:16 01/3/07 (0)
- Re:"The Iraqis are fine with it " - Ivan303 07:04:16 01/3/07 (4)
- What should they (the Iraqis) have done? - piece-it pete 07:49:16 01/3/07 (3)
- And I missed the point of the main post. - piece-it pete 07:59:00 01/3/07 (2)
- Re: "Why on earth would we want to air our dirty laundry for everyone to see?" - Ivan303 09:00:17 01/3/07 (1)
- "No permanent friends" - piece-it pete 09:15:46 01/3/07 (0)
- America's hands have been filthy for years with the shit of dictators we've supported.* - gino 06:56:42 01/3/07 (0)
- Ouch! /n - Ivan303 06:39:40 01/3/07 (0)
Follow Ups
- I would have preferred an ICC trial, yes. - GliderGuider 01/3/0708:03:14 01/3/07 (1)
- As Bolton said, you can't accept international law... - Jim Pearce 08:18:01 01/3/07 (0)