So they finally got him, Saddam. Tried in an impartial, unbiased court and convicted by a jury of his peers to be hung by the neck until dead.
Shall we take a closer look at that statement?
Impartial, unbiased court - Well, ok. Not really. We all know that no matter who had the unwelcome task of sitting in that courtroom and taking part in the trial, they were neither impartial nor unbiased.
They didn’t seem to have a very long life expectancy either.
Now don’t quote me on this but, if that large a portion of the personnel involved in the trial were murdered in, say America, wouldn’t that be cause for a re-trial?
Convicted by a jury of his peers - Were they? His peers I mean. Surely by definition his peers would have been either other national heads of state or members of the Baathist party.
Isn’t it just these sorts of questions that prompted the creation of the War Crimes Tribunal or Court in Nurmeberg? So that cases such as these could be heard by Judges specially trained for the task?
Ok, I can see how it would be politically expedient to have the trial in the Middle East. However the first trials in Nurmeberg were organised and set up in a very short period of time. That was 60 years ago, surely in the 21st century something similar could have been done.
At least he was executed with dignity.
Or it could have degenerated into a complete farce that will have far reaching ramifications for the Iraqi Government.
Won’t be too pleasant for those who said that Saddams trial in Iraq would be good for the people of that war torn country. Give a sense of closure to those who had been victimised during his reign of terror. Show those still faithful to the toppled regime that their really is no turning back.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that his followers might just, possibly, look upon that disgusting video filmed by an Iraqi minister and be ever so slightly upset.
But enough of that evil old tyrant/elected leader of his country.
Lets talk about a couple of others. You know who I mean.
Did they say that the only reason for invading Iraq was because of Saddams continued development of Biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction? Which would have been in direct contravention of the UN orders issued as part of the cease-fire agreement after the first war.
Did they continue to say this for month after month before the war? Did they trot out their yes men/women who regailed us, the UN security council, Congress, the Senate, Parliament, the American and British people?
Did they say that Saddam could launch these terrible weapons at a moments notice? Did they strongly imply that Saddam was a close and personal friend and supporter of Bin Ladden? Didn’t it then follow that these weapons would find their way into terrorist hands and, shortly thereafter, our own backyards?
Which, by the way, neatly circumvented the fact that even if Iraq had possessed these weapons they wouldn’t have been able to deliver them by anything other than UPS.
Did they, by any chance, lie?
Did they, then, form a coalition and invade a country that had not bothered its neighbours, or anyone else, for 12 years?
Did they, perhaps, have ulterior motives for their actions?
For instance - Iraqs massive natural resources.
The immensely lucrative reconstruction contracts that were handed out to those very close and personal friends of some high ranking members of certain administrations.
The possibility to have a base of operations and massive military force slap bang in the middle of the middle east.
I think they did.
Thousands of coalition troops have died. Probably hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have died.
Who should be held responsible.
Saddam was hanged by the neck until dead for crimes against humanity. By that they mean the murder of 148 civilians after a failed assassination attempt.
Hundreds of thousands of people dead.
It took a lot less than that to be killed in the former Yugoslavia for western governments to declare that Genocide was being committed.
I say that George W Bush and Tony Blair, along with those in their governments who are directly responsible for this war, should be held accountable.
They should be tried as War Criminals and, if convicted, imprisoned or executed for their Crimes.
But that’s just me.
As a footnote. If you live in Iran I’d be worried. The only thing standing between you and a very bad future are the US Congress and Senate. There’s nothing like a good villain to take the publics mind off of what a completely inept, corrupt and possibly insane President is up to. You’re shaping up nicely. I mean they don’t have any proof but that’s never stopped them before….
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