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Now, SlyCy, it's against the law to execute retarded people in this country
posted by
saul_relative
on November 8, 2006 at 9:18 PM
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Now, let's impeach Bush and execute him which is also needed.
posted by
SlyCy
on November 8, 2006 at 6:46 AM
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Could be, Parnell. It is hard to say. Personally, I'm all for it, simply
for his crimes against humanity. As for a reason for a liberal patriotic bandwagon effect, that is an interesting idea, considering that most liberals are against the death penalty...
posted by
saul_relative
on November 7, 2006 at 9:25 PM
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You got that right, ariel...
posted by
saul_relative
on November 7, 2006 at 9:10 PM
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Saul
I can't help feeling that American Liberals are using this verdict as a way of getting back on the patriotic bandwagon.
The general liberal line seems to be 'Sure, we opposed the war, but don't worry about that, cause we hate big, bad, hairy Saddam like you guys. Stuff legal procedure. Bugger the fact that they kept shooting his defence lawyers. Lets fry him. Oh come on, come on guys...'
As Blanche said it's a lot of moralising crap. The verdict was not a good thing, because the war shouldn't have been fought - and the troops shouldn't have been there in the first place.
posted by
Antipodean
on November 6, 2006 at 5:50 PM
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Saul
Like them there Romans used to say ; in Latin of course : " sic transit gloria mundi "
Makes yer fink, dunnit?
posted by
ariel70
on November 6, 2006 at 1:07 AM
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Misdirection, Blanche, was what it was. It was not a shining moment.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 5, 2006 at 9:39 PM
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No verdict, food4thought, is met with unanimous approval by such a massive
audience. But, in the end, the only people who need to approve are the Iraqis, and therein lies the problem...
posted by
saul_relative
on November 5, 2006 at 9:36 PM
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Well, that is not as bad as Reagan leaving the American hostages in Iran
languishing while he cut a back alley deal to release them on his Inauguration Day, that one really steams me still.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 5, 2006 at 9:35 PM
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Thank you, Teddypoet.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 5, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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Blanche, they'll appeal it to death. They'll sit on it. They'll hem and
haw. He's far too valuable a whipping boy alive than dead. Alive, he's a walking model of the ridiculous. Dead, he loses his value to the Iraqi government and becomes a source of martyrdom for ex-Baathists and Sunni insurgents. I see him languishing in prison for quite some time...
posted by
saul_relative
on November 5, 2006 at 9:33 PM
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Saul...
One thing for sure, they don't need anymore martyrs over there. And this is just a thought, not an excuse by any means, but maybe he ruled with such an iron hand because (as we now see) he had to. Of course he overdid it by several orders of magnitude and deserves to pay whatever price the Iraqis ask. And if Bush is so good at orchestrating world events (even though that flies in the face of the claims he can't do anything right) wouldn't he just avoid the Sadam trial and end the whole mess over there?
Even this verdict, which is sorely needed can't make everyone happy.
posted by
food4thought
on November 5, 2006 at 9:13 PM
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saul, two points I strongly agree with, the martyr and an end
to an element of tyranny. Great post, sir!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on November 5, 2006 at 9:11 PM
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Saul Relative, Why do you think that Saddam won't be hanged, other than
the obvious ploy of making him a martyr, this Administration doesn't have much political savvy, why now?
And of all politcal leaders, he was bad, but that is so obviously not the reason we are there: to 'liberate" the Iraqi people. Puh-leez. There are dictators, horrible as they are in Africa, are sending troops in there? I wish the moralists would get off that bandwagon. We're not buying it anymore.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 5, 2006 at 9:08 PM
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