Comments on: Saddam To Hang? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:22:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53218 Gaius Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:01:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53218 I brought the UN up only because they passed the resolutions. Nice attempt to completely dodge the issue though, Rod. Ceasefire violation=justification to resume hostilities. Period. I brought the UN up only because they passed the resolutions. Nice attempt to completely dodge the issue though, Rod.
Ceasefire violation=justification to resume hostilities.

Period.

]]> By: Roderick http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53217 Roderick Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:17:27 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53217 Comment by Gaius It really is tiresome going over this time and again. Under any interpretation of just cause for a war, violation of a ceasefire is adequate justification for resumption of hostilities. Saddam was in repeated violation of the ceasefire. He was also in violation of a long list of UN resolutions Roderick: I just love how you guys bring up the UN when it is useful to you and then bash it when it does something with which you disagree. You right wingers treat the UN like a mistress. Comment by Gaius

It really is tiresome going over this time and again. Under any interpretation of just cause for a war, violation of a ceasefire is adequate justification for resumption of hostilities. Saddam was in repeated violation of the ceasefire. He was also in violation of a long list of UN resolutions

Roderick: I just love how you guys bring up the UN when it is useful to you and then bash it when it does something with which you disagree. You right wingers treat the UN like a mistress.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53201 Gaius Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:34:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53201 It really is tiresome going over this time and again. Under any interpretation of just cause for a war, violation of a ceasefire is adequate justification for resumption of hostilities. Saddam was in repeated violation of the ceasefire. He was also in violation of a long list of UN resolutions. He won't be missed. It really is tiresome going over this time and again. Under any interpretation of just cause for a war, violation of a ceasefire is adequate justification for resumption of hostilities. Saddam was in repeated violation of the ceasefire. He was also in violation of a long list of UN resolutions.

He won’t be missed.

]]> By: Jim Harrison http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53200 Jim Harrison Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:24:57 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53200 You'd have to look long and hard to find any American left or right who is broken up about Saddam's death. His trial, however, was a travesty. It would have been far better had he been shot in hot blood at the time of his capture. The timing of the execution on a Muslim holy day was also an inexplicable blunder: the execution will seem like a studied insult to the Sunnis, including the Sunnis that never had any use for a secular dictator like Saddam. As Talleyrand once remarked of a similar act of state murder, "It's worse than a sin. It's a mistake." It won't be lost on many folks here and and abroad that Saddam wasn't hanged for the worst things he did, instigating unprovoked wars against Kuwait and Iran than resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. We could have hardly allowed that charge, after all, since our own president and his men are guilty of the same crime on the same scale and an equal justice would put them at the end of a rope. You’d have to look long and hard to find any American left or right who is broken up about Saddam’s death. His trial, however, was a travesty. It would have been far better had he been shot in hot blood at the time of his capture. The timing of the execution on a Muslim holy day was also an inexplicable blunder: the execution will seem like a studied insult to the Sunnis, including the Sunnis that never had any use for a secular dictator like Saddam. As Talleyrand once remarked of a similar act of state murder, “It’s worse than a sin. It’s a mistake.”

It won’t be lost on many folks here and and abroad that Saddam wasn’t hanged for the worst things he did, instigating unprovoked wars against Kuwait and Iran than resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. We could have hardly allowed that charge, after all, since our own president and his men are guilty of the same crime on the same scale and an equal justice would put them at the end of a rope.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53176 Gaius Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:19:14 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53176 Would we know if such a deal had been offered and rejected? Would we know if such a deal had been offered and rejected?

]]> By: Irritated_Prof http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53174 Irritated_Prof Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:15:00 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53174 I wish the Administration had made Saddam an offer: we'll get your sentence commuted if you tell us where the WMDs are. After all, we know he had 'em, right? We just haven't found 'em yet, right? And if they got shipped off to Syria or someplace worse, we'd like to know, right? So why didn't we give Saddam the chance to trade his life for 'em? I wish the Administration had made Saddam an offer: we’ll get your sentence commuted if you tell us where the WMDs are. After all, we know he had ‘em, right? We just haven’t found ‘em yet, right? And if they got shipped off to Syria or someplace worse, we’d like to know, right? So why didn’t we give Saddam the chance to trade his life for ‘em?

]]> By: diogenes http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53172 diogenes Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:12:07 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53172 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Untitled document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body>I'm ambivalent too. Although he was an evil dictator we assisted him in his crimes. Quite a moral dilemma, eh? </body> </html> < ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> I'm ambivalent too. Although he was an evil dictator we assisted him in his crimes. Quite a moral dilemma, eh?

]]> By: Quilly Mammoth http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53157 Quilly Mammoth Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:01:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53157 Jesus would do exactly what he did do. Promise salvation in the next life to those who believe in him. And let Ceasar do what ceasars do...just as he did at Golgotha. As for Ted Rall and those who delude themselves as he does...::bronx cheer:: Jesus would do exactly what he did do. Promise salvation in the next life to those who believe in him. And let Ceasar do what ceasars do…just as he did at Golgotha.

As for Ted Rall and those who delude themselves as he does…::bronx cheer::

]]> By: Jesus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53152 Jesus Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:16:42 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53152 What would I do? What would I do?

]]> By: Tom http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53149 Tom Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:13:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53149 More Iraqis have died because of Bush's policies than were ever killed by Saddam. More Iraqis have died because of Bush’s policies than were ever killed by Saddam.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53147 Gaius Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:09:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53147 The problem then becomes what if his followers free him? Or does his continued existence prompt more violence? The problem then becomes what if his followers free him? Or does his continued existence prompt more violence?

]]> By: Finnegan http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53146 Finnegan Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:05:50 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53146 I'm anti-death penalty, but I'm also a pragmatist. I wonder if executing him won't just set off another round of sectarian violence. Wouldn't we be better off just throwing him in a crappy Iraqi prison for the rest of his pathetic little life? I’m anti-death penalty, but I’m also a pragmatist. I wonder if executing him won’t just set off another round of sectarian violence. Wouldn’t we be better off just throwing him in a crappy Iraqi prison for the rest of his pathetic little life?

]]> By: Quilly Mammoth http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53145 Quilly Mammoth Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:59:29 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53145 I once had to shoot a rabid dog. I wasn't happy about it...I'm very much a dog lover. I felt a bit sad, not that I had to shoot the dog, but that the dog was rabid in the first place. So I shot it and moved on. I once had to shoot a rabid dog. I wasn’t happy about it…I’m very much a dog lover. I felt a bit sad, not that I had to shoot the dog, but that the dog was rabid in the first place. So I shot it and moved on.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53138 Gaius Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:34:28 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53138 I wouldn't exactly categorize my post as cheering. The difference is that I think the sentence is justified, you don't. As I said, I can live with that. I wouldn’t exactly categorize my post as cheering. The difference is that I think the sentence is justified, you don’t. As I said, I can live with that.

]]> By: Ferdinando http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/comment-page-1/#comment-53137 Ferdinando Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:28:47 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/28/saddam-to-hang/#comment-53137 Whatever. I just can't help that seeing people cheer executions, no matter of whom, makes me want to have never been born in this world. I can just take some solace in the fact that people who cheer something this disgusting are confined in countries that a sizable part of the world sees as barbarian. Whatever. I just can’t help that seeing people cheer executions, no matter of whom, makes me want to have never been born in this world.

I can just take some solace in the fact that people who cheer something this disgusting are confined in countries that a sizable part of the world sees as barbarian.

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