Should Saddam Hussein be executed?

Answer 1

No, he is not guilty and he should be put back to sort out the mess.

1) After all the "stories" we were told that he killed thousands, the court only accused him of 140 Kurds and it was in a revolution against him. The Turks killed far more of their own Kurds, but it was hushed up.
2) The court was set up by the foreign victors and the judge was selected from among his Shia enemies by the US. Victors' justice.
3) The invasion of Iraq was illegal and therefore all the deaths were war crimes.
4) The latest and best American study found that the killings by the invaders were over 400,000 !
5) There is more torture and corruption now, under the puppet government, than ever was under Sadam.
6) By Arab standards Sadam was a reasonable president, elected by ballot of the Iraqi people, supervised by the UN. The situation is far worse now, and will be even worse after we leave.
60)The bill so far for the US is $200 billion, compared to the $10 billion we were told originally. The dollar is sinking, we are going bust and we deserve it.
Have a good day

Answer 2

No he should not be executed. We would only become like Saddam, Judge,Jury and Psychopathic executioner. We are better than that.
The problem is we have no say in the matter, the Iraqi government is calling the shots on those matters. So much for installing a stable democratic government. Killing only brings more killing. No one has the right to execute another human being.

Peace,

Answer 3

It doesn't really matter if you or I think he should be; he is GOING to be.
Contrary to the opinions of a great many answering your question, Saddam wasn't "Hitler", just a run-of-the-mill dictator. He killed many Kurds because they were his political enemies, and that's what dictators do.
I find it curious that the American people are crying for Saddam's blood when the United States gave safe haven to the ousted (and far more murderous) Shah of Iran. Where was the outrage then?

Answer 4

Why is this question filed under Investing? Do you mean to ask, is the execution of Saddam a good investment for Iraq??

Answer 5

For the safety of Iraq, any chance of him gaining control over that country needs to be eliminated. How and where could you possibly jail him that his followers would not be able to free him?

Answer 6

Nah. Then he gets the easy way out.

A lifetime in prison with no chance of parole, I say. What's more important, that we get emotional gratification from vengeance for 2 minutes, or that he suffer the rest of his life as long as possible? He'll suffer a lot more in prison than dead.

The death penalty is only for us. For him, he gets what we're all gonna get anyway eventually, just a little more dramatically. It's no punishment, in my opinion.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

No Why let him be a martyr? Rotting in poverty, in a gaol seems appropriate. His crimes are for ordering the deaths of thousands of Iraqis. There are a couple of other "leaders" who are guilty of exactly that same crime. But will go unpunished.

Answer 9

No! It's not our place to decide who should live and who should die, even though Saadam thought he could. Revenge is a base, animal kind of emotion that we shouldn't aspire to as people.

I'm not calling for mercy, I believe in fair punishment, but life in prison without parole would be appropriate, and more harsh for him.

Answer 10

Absolutely. He will be within the next 30 days. But I believe the backlash from his followers will be severe. It wont solve anything, just more violence and dead soldiers. By hanging him he will be a martyr.