Do you think Saddam should be hanged?

Question

i think his execution will cause a massive uprising and possibly a civil war in Iraq, is sentencing him to death really the best option for Iraq and its people?

Answer 1

firing squad would be better!

Answer 2

I think that all this Iraq campaign is no more than a fight over the Iraqi resources. And the thing that bothers me the most is why The U.S.A. the country I always respected and even lived in for some time think that they can administer justice in such a way? Who gave you the right to execute another country's leader? If it is so and you didn't like Iraq while Saddam ruled, than you might as well execute Vladimir Yeltsin who ruined our country and made us all recover form his rule for another 10-15 years. You might as well execute some other country's president because you don't like the way he rules his country. If you want justice, give him to his people, they will decide whether he should die or not? And I'm very sorry for saying that, because my friend was also in the Trade Center, but there wouldn't have been a 09.11 if Bush wouldn't invaded the east so traitorously.
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Russia
Aleksey

Answer 3

Yes, I do think Saddam should be hanged. I don't know what consensus you'll get with this question, but I believe that until he is dead there are his supporters in Iraq who will think he can come back to power. And that is not impossible. Present Iraqi government apparently unstable. If it falls, chaos could ensue. If a civil war erupts (It's not there yet) Saddam's supporters could make a move to free him with some kind of clemency to take over again. I hope he is hanged. He deserves it if anyone does. There's not much reaction to his sentence so far, except obligatory demonstrations in Tikrit, his hometown. I think the average Iraqi would be just as glad to see him dead. No uprising would be sustained because it would be symbolic, honoring the past. It won't take Saddam's hanging to spur a civil war; there are plenty other elements hoping for one. Like alQueda and that fat little guy from Sadr City with his militia, who is in Iran's pocket.

Answer 4

In the end, its hard to justify keeping him around after all the lives he took during his reign, but capital punishment, especially hanging, is so barbaric! Then there's the issue of how much harm killing him will bring about, as opposed to life in prison. In short, in this particular case, the judges should have considered the current state of affairs in Iraq and sentenced him to life in prison, instead of a death sentence that will definitely lead to more violence and the death for hundreds more Iraqis. No, let him live. Why now, anyway? I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but the timing of the verdict just days before the US midterm election is a little suspicious!

Answer 5

He has been tried by an Iraq court and punished by their laws. It's about time to let their government stand on their own feet and govern their own country. If he is executed any uprisings can be dealt with at the time, while he stays alive the controversy can continue for the next 30 years or however long he lives.

Answer 6

He has orchestrated mass murder to retain power. In these circumstances the death penalty is the only option. the vast majority of Iraq has spoken and a verdict has been reached and should be respected. I'm not a huge fan of Bush but I'm sick and tired of the utter garbage coming from the liberal left media since 9/11 a never ending attack on western democracy twisting the facts to score points. And it seems there love affair for tyrants has not changed. This probably brings back memories of Uncle Joe and the former Soviet Union.

Answer 7

I think the pleb's brought that much death and misery to his people that the world would be better off with out him. He's about as close to evil as a person can get i reckon, and shows absolutely no remorse for his actions. If he's allowed to live on i could see him behaving a bit like that Ian Brady character, another bloke who should be doing some air dancing, and laughing at his victims.

Answer 8

I am concerned about this too, the man should be punished but I personally dont agree with any punishment that includes another death, the rule makers believe a killing is worth a killing? Eye for an eye and all that. I think this makes the authorities murderers too. But what else is there

Answer 9

look i am no supporter of saddam, but you have to worry that the best evidence of his true evilness is the murder of 140 people the british and american government accept plotted to assinate him.

If they did try to murder him it is hardly an open and shut case that he should be killed himself some countries would call the self defence, how many innocent people were killed in the shock and awe campaign perpretated by the american and british. How many people have been killed in the ground war since then. How many people did Bush when he was a governer send to their death.

Answer 10

Snapping of the spinal cord. no longer strangulation. There are 32 vertabrae interior the spinal column and that they are all separate products and are held mutually by skill of very solid cartliage. it relatively is the cord interior the vertabrae that breaks and not the separate bones. Strangulation can basically ensue while lynch mobs draw close somebody. this is a experienced activity because of the fact the noose must be placed in a definite way on the area of the neck. dying is almost instantaneous. do no longer stay in this, all of us are conscious of it style of feels barbaric yet in basic terms think of of the depressing deaths the masses of hundreds suffered at Saddams behest. think of rather of Jesus and why we had Christmas

Answer 11

I don't think it will do any good to hang him. I think he will suffer more if he left to rot in prison. I agree I think more people will die if they hang him and that can't be right. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Saddam Hussain saw the error of his ways and denounced the killings and violence going on in his country and begged for forgiveness for his wickedness. I don't think this would ever happen,but if it did, maybe just maybe, the people of Iraq would put down their guns and live in peace and harmony. I know this is only a dream.