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Originally Posted by dlishsguy
whatever happened in 16th century russia does not legitimise nor have anything to do with saddams execution.
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I was in no way trying to legitimize the execution. That's something that only the Iraqi's can do.
However, I think you're wrong that my anecdote has nothing to do with what we saw. It's the case of a foreign power of a different religious bent (Catholic vs. Orthodox) seizing control of a country coupled with an act of regicide by the "natives" (for lack of a better term). Make no mistake about it, any autocrat or dictator is a de facto king. The trappings may be different but the end result is the same.
Regardless, the historians are going to be the ultimate judge. Those that will come after us have the benefit of hindsight to determine whether or not our actions were just.
Lady Sage, I think that it's very interesting that you can suggest putting Saddam's head on a pike and killing every man, woman and child in Iraq in nuclear fire. I've probably misinterpreted something, so I'm a little confused on how you can reconcile your distaste for our hyper-aggresive (in my mind) foreign policy and the execution of a (former) world leader. The two issues seem inextricably tied together to me.
host, other than pointing out what a mess the US is in, I really don't get the point of your post.