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Originally Posted by Gavin
But that's like saying you can't arrest and jail someone for kidnapping because that will also be hypocritical.
Its not a great day because of the execution, its a great day because Iraqis have dealth with it themselves. They wanted hanging, and that's what they got. If Saddam was tried at the ICC and given a life sentence, particuarlly at the behest of any coalition country, it will mean lefties would claim its another example of hegemony. That's the good thing about being on the left, no matter what happens, you're always in the right.
You also say you aren't happy, however, there are plenty of Iraqis, who both escaped or survived Saddam who say they are very happy, I don't think I behgrudge them that.
Also, Saddam has no followers. Saddam oppressed the Sunnis like he opressed everyone else. They are just bloodthirsty sickos who are using Saddam as an excuse.
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Surely the death penalty has no place in civilised society, to execute people for their crimes makes the state no better than than the killer they are prosecuting imo, why run the risk of turning him into a martyr, not that I think he will, however he would have been guaranteed not to be if he had been locked away for the rest of his days
Of course there are already some that are saying the Iraqi's didn't deal with it them themselves and that they got their hanging through forgoing due process
Saddam had no followers, I beg to differ there a lot of people did very well out of his rule and the Americans have already said they expect an increase in violence because of this, so yet more innocent people are going to die because of him