U.S. President George W. Bush called the hanging of Saddam Hussein "the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime," but acknowledged his execution will not stop the daily killings engulfing Iraq.
What justice? I see revenge and retribution but how is this justice? Saddam's fate was gauranteed 3 years ago when he was dragged out of that hole. THe trial was a foregone conclusion. So he was executed under the auspices of the US--does that make it any more just than the 1000s of Iraqis executed under Hussein's regime?
Really I see this as no different than ancient battles where the penalty for losing the battle was either death in battle or shortly afterward to ensure you wouldn't be a problem again. All that is missing is mounting his head on a pike on the city wall to serve as a warning to others.
Besides, I seem to remember that they had to choose carefully what to try him for so that they didn't accidentally convict him of doing something he had done with the tacit approval of the US in the first place. Hussein was the US's proxy in Iraq for many years after all.
Sorry Dubya, I don't see a lot of justice here. Just state-sanctioned murder.
I think the justice comment meant that Saddam's victims never had the chance of a trial.
ReplyDeleteWhether the trial was fair or not had no bearing on the fact that the victims of Saddam still had no choice.
It was "bang" you're innocent but you're dead because I say so.
We see a lot of guilty criminals in Canada go scott free as their victims remain punished.
You seem to not like George Bush but I wouldn't want his job for all the money or prestige in the world. Half the people love you and half the people hate you and it is all based upon which side of the fence you're on and which way the media leans on their reporting.
I think the justice comment meant that Saddam's victims never had the chance of a trial.
ReplyDeleteWhether the trial was fair or not had no bearing on the fact that the victims of Saddam still had no choice.
BUt Saddam's trial was a sham. The verdict was never in doubt.
ANd execution is never a just solution anyway--revenge does not equal justice.
I actually neither dislike nor like George W as a man--I don't know him--but his policies are repugnant to me yes. And no, I wouldn't want his job eithre.