and so the bunny chose to break it's own rule and went turtle on the elephant

[kitsunegari]

it seems to me like this whole death of saddam thing was rushed.
i don't necessarily agree with capital punishment in any form, but if they were serious about actually hanging (forgive the pun) any real charges on him, wouldn't it be the genocide ones?
i don't feel that his death sentence for hunting down a couple of would be assassins and killing maybe a hundred people in the process is worthy of the sentence they imposed. a few life sentences without no chance of parole, maybe.
i would have thought the iraqi courts would have wanted to give him a right royal grilling during the genocide trial, but instead they chose to let that one slip away: in effect, admonishing saddam of any involvment.
i agree with some people on this: that it was a politically motivated move. they simply wanted to get him out of the way for fear he'd slip out of their fingers and back into power (or something like that).
i don't agree with saddam's policies or his motivations for violent leadership, i disagree with all leaders who choose to supress their people for their own gain. what i disagree with is the sentence and the farce that was the trial that lead to this sentence.

i think the people of iraq were owed something more than what they recieved.

til next....
~Kits~ (and that's all i'm going to say on it. i hate talking politics in my blog)

Comments

[oogata.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. It does appear very rushed. Apparently the prosecutors decided to bring those specific charges against Saddam because they were the easiest to prove and they wanted a quick trial. It's really difficult to try people for genocide.

Perhaps the Coalition of the Willing is hoping that the violence will cease once it's impossible for Saddam to regain power. I don't believe many Iraqis will be sad that Saddam is dead. However, I don't think that will translate into support for the war on Iraq and, more broadly, US foreign policy.

[kcdl.livejournal.com]

They've just turned him into another martyr. I think a death sentence is letting him off easy. The dead can't suffer.

It also seem hypocritical to me to kill people for the crime of killing people.