Was executing Saddam the right thing to do?

Question

Personal opinions.

Answer 1

Yes. Especially in his country where they expect/demand such things. To do less would only inflame the public.

Answer 2

I think it's a bad way to go about things. Our rhetoric says he was a terrible man, a despot, and everything else, but he is given the benefit of being captured and put on trial - allowing him to survive for over 3 years after he was captured. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of soldiers who simply had to fight in a hopeless situation were killed without the benefit of a trial. The idea was that Justice would be done by putting him on trial, but all it allowed us to see was the injustice of a world in which some are accorded legal rights while others are stuck fighting (for the one who ends up with the rights).

We should have handed him over to a Shiite milita after his capture, and let them execute him. Instead, we watched a 3 years long fraud end in death anyway, and call it Justice.

Answer 3

it depends on what you consider right. And for whom. For the USA, it is another example of cruelty of the USA, to show who has the power and what happens when you contradict USA's interest. You are a friend today, and tomorrow you may be hanged. Anyway, I think, in the long run, does not help the USA image in the world, which is worse every day, since they choose what dictator is a friend and what dictator is a foe. From the point of view of people who care about human life, torture and cruelty (like I am) I feel very sad with the show, even if Hussein is a criminal. As a teacher, I am ashamed that that is shown in TV, and I will talk with my students about that; torture, and cruelty are bad examples for a peaceful world, even worse it that is coming from "civilized" countries, such as the USA.

Answer 4

Was killing 300,000 Kurds the right thing to do?

Was threatening the world's economy (by seizing Kuwait for its oil) the right thing to do?

Was torturing thousands of people the right thing to do?

Saddam got what was coming to him. I'd say the moral ethics of his execution is the last thing we need to worry about right now.

Answer 5

This amazes me. We claim to be Christians, or at least George W. Bush does, and yet, we are supposed to put our stamp of approval on the death penalty. Jesus the Christ said, "Do good unto those who spitefully use you." Was that meaningless rhetoric?

George W. has sent just as many people to their graves as Saddam Husein ever did. Should he be executed too?

Answer 6

Saddam was hanged due to his crimes against humanity. I wish the trial of Bush be made in any country of South America for crimes against humanity in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Bush punished whole of Afghanistan people just to catch one man (Osama Bin Laden), Is it human. He punished whole of Iraqi people, just on the pretext of Chemical weapons. Is it human.
He has done all these deeds to explore and expand his oil business and profits at the stake of USA citizens.

Answer 7

well, it was the right things, and good to see him hang like he hung 50,000 other innocents. However, due to timing and prnciple, it will inflate violence between sunnis and shiites to an all-time high.

but, i woulda liked to see him get life and meet "Big Bubba" lol

It was the right thing, it had to have been done sometimes, a dark chapter is now closed

Answer 8

This will be debated for decades if not centuries to come.

I feel it was the right thing to do, according to Iraqi law; however, the timing and manner in which it was carried out are another story.

Answer 9

Yes it was he was a tyrant and a monster who had little regard for life he could have done so much for the people of Iraq and didn't.

Answer 10

Whether it was right or not doesn't really matter.

The laws of the land demanded it because that is the penalty for all the murders he committed.

Debating whether or not it was right is a waste of time because it was and is their law.