Saddam Hussein sentenced to Death
Saddam Husseins death sentence?
Iraqi ex-dictator Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by a court in Iraq. And quite right, you might think. But read ahead, and then vote, and tell us what you think.| Results | |
|---|---|
| Fair |    (9) |
| Unfair | (9) |
| Hypocritical | (25) |
| Don't know | (3) |
| Don't care | (2) |
| At least we have oil | (1) |
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1. Saddam Hussein was responsible for 911
This claim has been rejected by President Bush himself.2. Saddam Hussein had links to Al Qaeda
Guess Again. Al Qaeda is a religious organisation, that opposes secular governments in Arab lands, and the Iraqi government was secular.3. Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Er, no. 4. The kurds! He gassed the kurds!
There are rumours that he was not even responsible for that, and that it was more likely Iran who gassed them, but that is just rumour and won't find place here. How about this; if gassing Kurds is a capital offence, then why didn't we execute Winston Churchill?5. Ok, smartypants, what about all those innocent Iraqi's he killed?
Well, if that alone is justification then why isn't America at war with China, where 80% of the worlds executuons take place? There is also evidence suggesting that the US government has killed more Iraqis than Saddam ever did.So, just who did we sentence to death, and why is he so much worse than his accusers?
subscribe to these commentsEd, you have a point. I would always let you cast the first stone. I just mean that the whole action in Iraq is hypocritical, and we would not be half as interested in it if there were no oil there.
Ed (07-11-2006 10:04:06)
Well, perhaps youâ??re right. But... why? Why is the ethical culpability of the caster of metaphorical stones relevant to the ethical nature of the casting itself?
And who is the article suggesting are just as guilty as Saddam? Presumably not those who read it.
And who is the article suggesting are just as guilty as Saddam? Presumably not those who read it.
garethwi (06-11-2006 23:05:32)
I think the gist of the article is along the lines of 'He who is without sin, cast the first stone'. And we are definitely not without sin.
Ed (06-11-2006 19:01:05)
None of those points are relevant to the ethical nature of Saddam's sentence. Not that I really like the idea of execution, even in a case like this, but still.
Bubba-bunga (06-11-2006 11:38:05)
Hey Bubba, do you really think Saddam would be in the position he is now if it weren't for the Americans invading his country, toppling his infrastructure and hunting him down and locking him up? To say "it was the Iraquis who sentenced him" is like saying "It's the Whales who kill themselves by swimming where there are Whalers" - you idiot - it's because of people like you that we've allowed the Americans to become the bullies they are.
Bubba (06-11-2006 11:06:04)
It was Iraq that sentenced him to death and the charges had nothing to do with anything in your essay. Misleading to say the least.
HUGOT (06-11-2006 10:57:54)
A few years ago, I heard an adjoint director of the CIA on RADIO COURTOISIE 95.6 FM (Paris, France): He told that this gassed kurds matter was treated without Saddam knowledge & gave his phone nomber to testify of it.
garethwi (07-11-2006 19:28:33)