Saddam Hussein and the death penalty!

6 Nov 2006

I know that this will provoke alot of reaction but would welcome other peoples views.
After hearing this weekend, that Saddam Hussein is to face the death penalty for the first set of charges for the murder and destruction of 140 or more villages and thier people I wondered if he should actually 'be hung by the kneck until life is extint'. confused

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I know that he is just about the most evil person to to have been in a position of power and abused it so much but, the reason (supposedly) to invade Iraq was to free the people of his dictatorship. Still after all this time why is there so much unrest in Iraq?
I feel that if he is executed, In my humble opinion, it's sending the wrong message by the people of developed and democratic world (excluding America!) and they will have learned nothing about the way justice should be dealt with and the violance and murder will continue. I think that he should spend the rest of his natural life rotting in his own juices with no possibility of parole - EVER.
I do not condone his actions in any way but I feel that his death could and will spark off martyr killings and executions which will no doubt have far reaching concequences across the western world and will bring his dictatorship and radical followers much closer to Binladen and vile radical extremists.
Having said that, if he was a paedofile he should be sentanced to death as they all should be.
I know it's abit heavy, especially for a monday morning but what the hell, lets have a massdebate wink

6 Nov 2006

i think it sends out the right message..
before his regime was toppled he abused his position of power and had thousands of people executed. A large proportion of his countrymen were living under fear of a dangerous dictatorship and a percentage of the population was subjugated through racial divide.
I accept that there is a major situation in iraq at the moment.... theres alot going on that we dont completely understand ie. who are the suicide bombers, why are different sects fighting each-other, and what exactly are the foreign forces doing there........
However, this is a question of of Law and order and Sadddam is being tried for crimes against humanity.... im happier that he is being tried in his own country rather than in The Hague or Guantanamo Bay........ This is an Iraqui matter, and if a court there says he should be executed, im not going to argue with that.

6 Nov 2006

Not really followed the ins and outs of the case, but from what i can see the sentance is based in the laws of Iraq, either introduced by Saddam himself or present before his time as head of the country.
Having had their country kicked left, right and centre for the last 4 or 5 years, to collect oil under the guise of giving the people democracy, it would be yet another kick to start opposing a sentance based on western laws cos 'hanging is not how we do it'.
the whole 'idea' behind the war was to give the country and people independance, and although the fragile government was appointed by west, if we interfere everytime we don't like something what was the point of removing Saddam, destroying the country and upturning the lives of the inhabitants dunno

6 Nov 2006

Thanks for your opinions. Obviously this topic is abit heavy for any day as it's slipping down the list faster than a lead baloon !!!!

6 Nov 2006

well i think hanging him is getting him off rather lighty if you know what i mean ,think of all the people he had killed murdered and the torture he delt ot to women and kids how many people dont even know what happened to some of there family yes think he has got what was coming to him later rather than sooner ,think of the lives that could of been saved if he was removed years ago .

6 Nov 2006

Quote by northeastcoupleuk
think of the lives that could of been saved if he was removed years ago .

I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure it was America that helped him to power in the first place

6 Nov 2006

Quote by meat2pleaseu
think of the lives that could of been saved if he was removed years ago .

I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure it was America that helped him to power in the first place
and we have supplied him with weapons too......... rolleyes

go figure.

6 Nov 2006

aye it was ,but i said if he was removed ,not if we removed him figured

6 Nov 2006

As this thread http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/90987.html on the same topic was started first I am going to lock this one and ask that people respond there,
Cheers
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