Saddam gets death penalty

bigbadbill

He was found guilty, and he and two others will get a new neck tie for Christmas. I think it will be a bit snugg.

enharmonic

For killing 150 people in a town where an attempt on his life was made.

How many of our leaders are going to get the death penalty for the 40,000 or so Iraqi civilians we've killed since our illegal invasion/occupation began?

Before he dies, we should hire him as an advisor. No civil war on his watch.

Byrnzie

I wonder what the repercussions will be?

Abuskedti

wish they could just dismiss the rest of the charges and hang him. It will be a big hit on you tube.

Cosmo

Abuskedti wrote:

wish they could just dismiss the rest of the charges and hang him. It will be a big hit on you tube.

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I know. Why bother? I mean, if he is acquitted in the other cases... what are they gonna do... let him go?
Execute him and be done with it and move on.

jlew24asu

enharmonic wrote:

For killing 150 people in a town where an attempt on his life was made.

How many of our leaders are going to get the death penalty for the 40,000 or so Iraqi civilians we've killed since our illegal invasion/occupation began?

Before he dies, we should hire him as an advisor. No civil war on his watch.

it almost sounds like you are sad about the verdict.

Sonja_S

Byrnzie wrote:

I wonder what the repercussions will be?

So do I. There's a certain danger that he'll become a Martyr of sorts the way things are going right now.

Bada Bing Crosby

it will be appealed and dragged out for another year or two, but great timing for the republicans with the announcement of the sentence.

Cosmo

Sonja_S wrote:

So do I. There's a certain danger that he'll become a Martyr of sorts the way things are going right now.

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I think the funniest reactions will be those of the Americans.
Why?
Well, because when he ordered and executed the deaths of those people in 1982, he was our buddy because he was at war with our greater evil, the Shi'ite Iran of the Ayatollah Khomeni. When these deaths occurred (on Ronald Reagan's watch...) they were no big deal. Just a bunch of dead Shi'ite scumbags that were probably linked to Iran.
Why is it that in 2006... all of a sudden, these deaths have some sort of significance?
If we learn anything from this... the people that believe in the 'Enemy of my enemy is my friend' creedo really have their heads up their asses. Just because his enemy is your enemy doesn't mean he's any less of an asshole. (See 'Pakistan').

Anon

Abuskedti wrote:

wish they could just dismiss the rest of the charges and hang him. It will be a big hit on you tube.

ARe you crazy.....they need to free him and give him the controls back. He was the only person that could contain that mess of a country. We need his advice!!!!!

Why are you christians so happy that another human is going to die?

Cosmo

Tackalac wrote:

ARe you crazy.....they need to free him and give him the controls back. He was the only person that could contain that mess of a country. We need his advice!!!!!

Why are you christians so happy that another human is going to die?

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Not to worry... we are handing over Iraq to fundamentalist Shi'ites who will drop the immigration limits imposed by Hussein on Iranians moving into Najaf. Those guys will run Iraq like Iran. Things will settle down when the Iraqi Sunni refugees move into Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Anon

Cosmo wrote:

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I think the funniest reactions will be those of the Americans.
Why?
Well, because when he ordered and executed the deaths of those people in 1982, he was our buddy because he was at war with our greater evil, the Shi'ite Iran of the Ayatollah Khomeni. When these deaths occurred (on Ronald Reagan's watch...) they were no big deal. Just a bunch of dead Shi'ite scumbags that were probably linked to Iran.
Why is it that in 2006... all of a sudden, these deaths have some sort of significance?
If we learn anything from this... the people that believe in the 'Enemy of my enemy is my friend' creedo really have their heads up their asses. Just because his enemy is your enemy doesn't mean he's any less of an asshole. (See 'Pakistan').

I will tell you.......it is totally significant because we had no reason at all to go into Iraq, but, being an American, we never do anything in our own interest, so.....when every reason we ever gave for invading a sovereign nation fell through, we simply transfered the weight of our actions over and over until this is all we had left. This justifies everything we did. Once again, we have proved that the deaths of an estimated 655,000 iraqis was worth getting Saddam for the deaths he caused waaaaaay back when we supported both Iran and Iraq in their war against eachother. We clearly have the moral ground to step in now, so please stop your irritating questions. Trust our government.

Remember a while back when some idiot republicans (santorum etc..) tried to claim that WMD had finally been found when some shells from the mid-80's were discovered in the sand. They claimed that it proved he had weapons and this justified our invasion? Why did no one else jump on it and why did it get buried.....99 percent sure that we sold him those weapons and we sold him the chemical tips (that were no longer active).

To all those that dont understand what Ghost and I are asking and explaining.....PLEASE just take a step back and see the world from our view. (Liberal view I mean). We put our hand into any country that has resources we need, and then we lie and lie and lie about our actions. Your President lies to you at every chance he gets.......I am all for protecting the herd and the tribe, but I dont think he is doing it, number 1, at any long term level, number 2, at any responsible level, and, number 3, at any intelligent level. BUT>>>>you cannot find one thing wrong with how he acts.

Anon

Cosmo wrote:

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Not to worry... we are handing over Iraq to fundamentalist Shi'ites who will drop the immigration limits imposed by Hussein on Iranians moving into Najaf. Those guys will run Iraq like Iran. Things will settle down when the Iraqi Sunni refugees move into Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Good point. So, we fought in Iraq so Iran could finally take over the country without losing any men.

I have been unfair to Georgy....the region is now more stable than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

Anon

Bada Bing Crosby wrote:

it will be appealed and dragged out for another year or two, but great timing for the republicans with the announcement of the sentence.

That is crazy...Republicans dont have any hand in controling the way anything works.

Accept for every speech that Bush gives....Ill give you that. They do orchestrate those and never allow anyone in that isnt a loyalist.

ANd, handing out water after Katrina. They did set up a stage with spot lights so it looked like they were doing something...only to tear it down and flee faster than thought possible once the camera stopped.

And planting Gannon in the press core.

And using Fox as a mouth piece.

And using Jessica Lynch as a war hero.

And using Pat Tillman's death for political gain.

And denying that we loved when Iraq and Iran were fighting eachother.

And using Embedded reporters.

and using the terror color codes.

and covering up for Foley.

and stopping us from seeing any death in iraq

and and and and and .....

someone take over.

Collin

jlew24asu wrote:

it almost sounds like you are sad about the verdict.

I'm not happy about it.

Cosmo

Tackalac wrote:

I will tell you.......it is totally significant because we had no reason at all to go into Iraq, but, being an American, we never do anything in our own interest, so.....when every reason we ever gave for invading a sovereign nation fell through, we simply transfered the weight of our actions over and over until this is all we had left. This justifies everything we did. Once again, we have proved that the deaths of an estimated 655,000 iraqis was worth getting Saddam for the deaths he caused waaaaaay back when we supported both Iran and Iraq in their war against eachother. We clearly have the moral ground to step in now, so please stop your irritating questions. Trust our government.

Remember a while back when some idiot republicans (santorum etc..) tried to claim that WMD had finally been found when some shells from the mid-80's were discovered in the sand. They claimed that it proved he had weapons and this justified our invasion? Why did no one else jump on it and why did it get buried.....99 percent sure that we sold him those weapons and we sold him the chemical tips (that were no longer active).

To all those that dont understand what Ghost and I are asking and explaining.....PLEASE just take a step back and see the world from our view. (Liberal view I mean). We put our hand into any country that has resources we need, and then we lie and lie and lie about our actions. Your President lies to you at every chance he gets.......I am all for protecting the herd and the tribe, but I dont think he is doing it, number 1, at any long term level, number 2, at any responsible level, and, number 3, at any intelligent level. BUT>>>>you cannot find one thing wrong with how he acts.

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There are people right here that deny everything about the 'Mushroom Cloud' scare and the Al Qaeda trainning camps in Iraq and go with the 'Saving the Poor oppressed Iraqis from Saddam Hussein' as the excuse du jour for this poor tactical decision... the same poor Iraqis, mind you, that are now forming police death squads and torturing and executing fellow Iraqis as payback for the 3 decades of oppression. The same 'Poor oppressed Iraqis' that have formed a militia and fired upon our troops.
And don't get me started on that, "See... I told you so" bullshit about buried chemical artillery shells from 1981. Santorum and anyone who believes this shit is a tool. That shit was left over from the Iran/Iraq stalemate and left behind by the inept and lazy ass Iraqi gunners who didn't want to load the shit back on the trucks as they pulled back from their firing positions.
Also... anyone that believes that Iraq was able to smuggle out their stockpile to Syria has to believe that Iraqi military people are smarter than American military people. How can they outsmart us, unless we either weren't paying attention or our guys are as dumb or dumber than John Kerry says they are?
That's why I think it's funny that people even resort to this 'Poor oppressed Iraqis' excuse... when they were being killed by our then pal, Saddam Hussein... they (the 'Poor oppressed Iraqis' crowd) didn't give a fuck about them. It was more of a 'Good Riddence' in 1982.

Cosmo

Tackalac wrote:

Good point. So, we fought in Iraq so Iran could finally take over the country without losing any men.

I have been unfair to Georgy....the region is now more stable than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

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The irony here... This is Ayatollah Khomeni's wet dream come true... and it was the 'Great Satan' that handed it over to them.

Anon

jlew24asu wrote:

it almost sounds like you are sad about the verdict.

I am sad about the reaction to the verdict and the death we have caused just to get this guy to a court we set up. I am sad that you still trust the administration to solve the mess that their incompetence created.

And I am sad that you would rather celebrate this than put any energy into wondering and questioning how the hell we are going to get out of Iraq and why we are there at all. Your mind is idle as we sit in the middle east....are we making it better at any level? Will it be harder to leave and will it lead to more deaths EVERY DAY WE STAY.....

I dont have a perfect answer, but I have been right about 358 times more than the three times those who have a military fetish for solving problems have been. Yet, our side was never listened to and was demonized forever. And we were of course right all along. Now...you dont want to even listen to us...you want to trust the guy that got us stuck in Iraq and believe that something as meaningless as this verdict is another turning point. What has he been right on? Name two things that are connected......

Ask some questions.....

bootlegger10

enharmonic wrote:

For killing 150 people in a town where an attempt on his life was made.

How many of our leaders are going to get the death penalty for the 40,000 or so Iraqi civilians we've killed since our illegal invasion/occupation began?

Before he dies, we should hire him as an advisor. No civil war on his watch.

A Saddam apologist.

bootlegger10

Collin wrote:

I'm not happy about it.

It's because you hate America so much. It is true that you hate America. You hate it all the way down to the foundation set in 1776. Don't try to deny it.

Abuskedti

Tackalac wrote:

ARe you crazy.....they need to free him and give him the controls back. He was the only person that could contain that mess of a country. We need his advice!!!!!

Why are you christians so happy that another human is going to die?

Christians? me? I don't know about that.

I am not so much happy he is going to die.. but I imagine the family members of those wronged by this man will rest better. He is most definately going to die. I just don't see any value to the endless court formalities when the outcome has already been decided.

I'd feel differently if I thought they'd put Bush on the stand under oath and have him questioned by a talented attorney.