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Publius · 04-30-2004, 12:44 PM

I just wanted to get back to this topic for a bit and I am sorry that I wasn’t able to keep up with it this week, sorry (taking over the world and all that). Anyway, good comments so far but I did want to bring up a few things. First of all, yes, Saddam did slaughter lots of Kurds who were civilians, but that happens in war. We have killed our own share of civilians both in Iraq, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Germany, ..... well you get the idea. Its just the nature of war, so to say that Saddam is any more guilty of it then other countries are is more than a little hypocritic in my opinion.

Now like I have already stated I think Saddam is a bad evil man who should have to answer for his crimes, but I also believe that for justice to be served, Saddam cannot simply be given a puppet trial. Sure he is guilt, the whole damn world knows he is guilty, I don’t think there is really any debate about that. But for justice to be served the truth must be allowed to come out. The truth of who Saddam’s supporters and co-conspirators were. The truth of what really took place during the wars with Iran and Kuwait. And most importantly, the truth of how the US and European countries supported Saddam in his criminal activities. Now that’s justice, and that’s exactly what won’t happen if Saddam is tried in Iraq.

My final thought on this is that after WW2 there were many trials in Europe about who the lead Nazi were and who had helped to support the Nazi regime both in Germany and outside Germany in the conquered territories. Hell, some of these trials are still going on today (http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/30/co....ap/index.html) and it can be a long difficult process, but for true justice to be served it must be done, otherwise it is just puppet justice and we are no better off than the accused.

Ok so I lied, this is my final thought actually. Anyone here ever wonder why Saddam was such a harsh dictator? Does anyone else out there besides me see a connection between the way that Saddam ruled Iraq and the problems that we are now facing in trying to bring stability to the region? It might just be that heavy-handed dictatorship is the only way in which to do this, in which case Saddam would totally have been justified in his tactics. Let us hope not.

04-30-2004, 12:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Publius Crazy Location: Never Never Land	I just wanted to get back to this topic for a bit and I am sorry that I wasn’t able to keep up with it this week, sorry (taking over the world and all that). Anyway, good comments so far but I did want to bring up a few things. First of all, yes, Saddam did slaughter lots of Kurds who were civilians, but that happens in war. We have killed our own share of civilians both in Iraq, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Germany, ..... well you get the idea. Its just the nature of war, so to say that Saddam is any more guilty of it then other countries are is more than a little hypocritic in my opinion. Now like I have already stated I think Saddam is a bad evil man who should have to answer for his crimes, but I also believe that for justice to be served, Saddam cannot simply be given a puppet trial. Sure he is guilt, the whole damn world knows he is guilty, I don’t think there is really any debate about that. But for justice to be served the truth must be allowed to come out. The truth of who Saddam’s supporters and co-conspirators were. The truth of what really took place during the wars with Iran and Kuwait. And most importantly, the truth of how the US and European countries supported Saddam in his criminal activities. Now that’s justice, and that’s exactly what won’t happen if Saddam is tried in Iraq. My final thought on this is that after WW2 there were many trials in Europe about who the lead Nazi were and who had helped to support the Nazi regime both in Germany and outside Germany in the conquered territories. Hell, some of these trials are still going on today (http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/30/co....ap/index.html) and it can be a long difficult process, but for true justice to be served it must be done, otherwise it is just puppet justice and we are no better off than the accused. Ok so I lied, this is my final thought actually. Anyone here ever wonder why Saddam was such a harsh dictator? Does anyone else out there besides me see a connection between the way that Saddam ruled Iraq and the problems that we are now facing in trying to bring stability to the region? It might just be that heavy-handed dictatorship is the only way in which to do this, in which case Saddam would totally have been justified in his tactics. Let us hope not.