(UPDATE: Saddam executed) Saddam to be hanged by Sunday

so tomorrow?

 

i just heard over our news service at work that it could be within a matter of hours.

 

i have no clue how i got the random idiot. my only guess is when i got into an argument with briankagy, but that is just worthless speculation.

and i'm not sure how our average wait time before excution is valid in iraq. if they want him excuted now then go for it.

 

Is he dead yet?

 

Satan's waiting for you Saddam.

 

Is it really a great idea to hang him during the Muslim feast day that follows the Hajj? If I'm not mistaken, Iraq is still a predominantly Muslim country, which puts this on par with Americans or Europeans executing criminals on Christmas day or Easter Sunday.

Not saying he shouldn't be executed, just saying that the timing is boneheaded.

 

Absolutely. I can't believe they're rushing to kill him when tomorrow is the equivalent of Christmas, Easter, etc. Saddam didn't show anyone mercy but come on waiting 24 hours to kill him isn't going to hurt anyone. At least let him pray. He's going to die anyways.

 

"hanging for the holidays" that's a christmas carrol right?

 

i thought Saddam was secular, and had no connection to islam?

 

secular people celebrate christmas too.

 

but they don't pray.

 

the point is that it is absurd to execute this man on or around such a holiday. wait a week.

frankly every thing this administration has done has only helped fuel the civil war even more. this will be the same. and no its not the iraqis doing this. the entire court system was US trained.

 

Don't you mean brainwashed?

 

no i dont. i mean the judges and such were administered by US agencies. he should have gone to The Hague and had a proper trial which would have exposed all of his evil not just the easiest case to make with the least embarassment to the US.

 

That worked out well with Slobodan Milosevic.

 

and violating all kinds of international standards of a trial in order to execute a man for violating laws is real logical.

almost as logical as breaking international laws to invade and occupy a country on the basis of it violating UN resolutions. all the while not providing for the security of the country that was invaded as required by international law.

 

I'm merely refuting your point about an international trial at The Hague.

You, however, change the subject and talk about invasion of Iraq.

 

we have international laws and standards for a reason. he should have been tried there. iraqis could not (as it has been seen) provide a fair and safe enviroment in accordance with international standards. the judges were changed. the lawyers were killed. this isn't a proper enviroment for a fair trial. thats all im saying.

 

No its not all you're saying. You didn't take into account the fact that an international trial would have been even more of a circus and less likely to produce justice. You then countered my argument with a tangential argument about Iraq.

The court system of Iraq may not be perfect but a trial at The Hague is also far from it.