Saddam's execution is not justice...

[Dangerman]

I don't care if he's a monster or not...

This is cold-blooded vengeance perpetrating by the REAL monster, George W. Bush. It will NOT bring happiness and joy in Iraq, but more death and destruction. Revenge will get you nowhere.

Saddam's execution as a result of a blood-soaked invasion and occupation by that asshole of a commander-in-chief Bush is nothing but cold-blooded revenge and hypocrisy.

This "light" is actually yet another dark chapter in this Iraq debacle.

Check this article out:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15525.htm

[jobycom]

1. It would mean more if anyone trusted the "trial"

It was a show trial by a government that's a long ways from establishing any form of legitimacy. This is no different from the actions of Robespierre or the Bolsheviks in their regicidal moments. To have any meaning, the trial should have been delayed until the US could leave, or else it should have been tried by an internationally recognized world court.

And you're right, it will only bring about more blood. WHich is what BushCo wants--unrest justifies his use of force, and makes it harder to get us out of there. Bush has no intention of leaving--his only goal in Iraq was the occupation, not the establishment of a free government. As stupid as he and Cheney are, even they understand that a free Iraq will be more anti-American than Hussein.

[liberalsoldier5]

2. Definitely disagree with the original post.

There was a reason those Iraqis were dancing in the streets and in there homes upon learning that Saddam was going to swing. He WAS a monster. Debating that fact is like debating Hitler's evil. And as incompetent and immoral George Bush is, there ARE worse monsters than him and Saddam "dissenter gassing" Hussein is one of them. And no, just because I'm ripping apart an enemy of Bush doesn't mean I support Bush or his war in Iraq. Not at all. I'm just being honest and saying that those skeletons in those mass graves tell a different story the one that too many people on the website are trying to tell. I say be glad that justice is being served in the most poetically democratic way possible: He destroyed his men, women, boys, girls, and infants, now they're destroying him. :7

[sui generis]

4. well so did bush and sharon

:shrug:

[Coventina]

8. I have never seen anyone defend Saddam on DU

We know he's a "bad guy".

But what does executing him accomplish?

Well, it gives the Sunni population a martyr, and a potent symbol for their continuing hatred of the Shiites.

It might slack some bloodlust in the morally-challenged.

Oh yeah, it eliminates an important witness against Rumsfeld, et. al. and their own war crimes.

It clears the way for a new, brutal strong man to emerge from the chaos formerly known as Iraq.

Regime change, indeed.

[sui generis]

3. it's barbaric and a double standard

the reason we grant diplomatic immunity or at the very least commutation to life is that ANY politician can be brought up on crimes deemed to have resulted in the deaths of civilians and sentenced to death.

Because of that a prevailing leadership can influence how electorates and wars proceed, and politicians must inevitably turn to dictatorship and authoritarian rule to protect themselves, even those with the best intentions.

Yes Saddam is a monster. So is Bush. So is Sharon. If one should swing with our assent they all should.

Or we might consider actually pretending to be intelligent, educated people in the 21st century and consider the implications for a change.

[Beelzebud]

5. It was timed for our election, and anyone who think different is and idiot.

[Richard D]

6. Of course it's not justice . . .

. . . not even vengeance really. It's just theater.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Here are the reactions of some Iraqi bloggers.

They range from joy to outrage. But, it's interesting to see the reactions of people who actually lived under Saddam and who are now suffering under American occupation.

http://www.healingiraq.blogspot.com/

[partylessinOhio]

9. Of course it's revenge and we should stop the hanging. Saddam was

our friend until the Cabal made him our enemy. Chimp's issue with Saddam over his Pappy is not my issue.

I did not support Chimp's invasion and his shock and awe. We owe Iraq a solemn apology and we should pardon Saddam. We also owe Saddam an apology for murdering his two sons and displaying their nude bodies like slain deers.

[bpeale]

10. saddam

saddam should not be tried if bush & his crew are not tried. all are war criminals. it should be all or none.