Saddam Hussein should have be condemned to jail, and should have been tried for the chemical attacks on 170,000 Kurds with American chemical weapons, not only for reprisal against the 150-ish who attempted to kill him.
His trial was even more ridiculous than Stalin era trials were. A shame (one more) for America. But the truth is that American leaders just didn't want this trial to take place (a trial where they may have been asked to give their testimony).
Watch this photo: S. Hussein and D. Rumsfeld shaking hands. They used to be good friends, you know!
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
Also to say, to be fair, that the 10 years Americain blocus killed far more Iraqi civilians than Saddam Hussein ever did.
2006-12-30 14:13:10 · 10 answers · asked by s0190331 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
no then trial would be to long
2006-12-30 14:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Stan the man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saddam Hussein committed the only unforgivable crime that there is in this world for leaders of countries that are of strategic interest to the U.S. -- Disobeying and / or misunderstanding orders from Washington. This offense is always punishable by death. If Saddam had not misunderstood the meaning of direction from the State Department in 1990 - 1991 regarding Kuwait -- he never would have gotten in the dog house. Certainly, his death has nothing to do with gassing Kurds or killing political rivals in Iraq. He was our friend when he did those things. We knew about them at the time, and he killed those people with weapons and technology we gave him. Rumsfeld's smiling phot ops with Saddam came after these "outrageous atrocities."
2016-05-22 22:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely right on the money! For those that claim it was the Iraqis sentenced and executed Saddam, the Iraqis are just the puppets of the Americans. I guess that evidence of American chemical weapons supplied to Iraq by the Neocons never need come out in the trial now. How very convenient for the Neocons.
2006-12-30 14:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The news reports state that he will still be a defendant in the upcoming trials, he just won't be able to make a mockery out of the courts.
2006-12-30 14:39:41 · answer #4 · answered by c.s. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. As soon as he was convicted for a crime that required his execution, Saddam should have been killed. Jesus Akbar. The asker here seems to be trying to blame America for whatSaddam did, He sucks.
2006-12-30 14:47:42 · answer #5 · answered by jesuscuresislam 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No point in that. They can only execute him once. Why can't you ppl just let go?
And American forces are not killing innocent civilians. The terrorists who hide behind them are.
2006-12-30 14:24:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
His country tried him for crimes against humanity and got a conviction.
2006-12-30 14:19:36 · answer #7 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-12-30 14:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why try him for other crimes, he can only die once.
2006-12-30 14:22:23 · answer #9 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was.
2006-12-31 13:52:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋