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Originally Posted by paulskinback
he is guilty of gassing the Kurds with chemical weapons
fact
that makes him a murderer
in his country, under his laws, he is liable to be hanged
and this is what has happened
a fitting end for him, I say
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yes he is a murderer, I have no doubt in my mind, and yes it does fit with the laws of the countries (although I’m sure there is a clause that says dictators are above the law...) it is their country and they have a right to dispatch justice how they see fit, however, I still disagree with the death penalty in general. However, things start to get gray, the Kurds were killed under Iraqi law, legally, how do we punish someone who obeyed the laws of the land; are we more moral then they are (I think we are) but this does not answer the question, we applied our law to him, and he was found guilty of breaking our laws. He is a murderer under our standards, and was punished by his law.
Not to say I don’t think the world is better off with him gone.