2007-01-01 01:23:34 · 10 answers · asked by shirshendu 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It would have better and more democratic to have him stand trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity, like other dictators. I would prefer to see him rot in jail for life, as capital punishment achieves nothing but petty revenge.
The consequences? Well, 77 more innocent Iraqui people died in attacks the very next day, the 3000th US soldier died, the civil war will continue to escalate, more and more Iraquis will die, more and more American soldiers will die... and eventually the US will be forced to pull out with nothing but a huge unstable mess achieved, and the civil war will continue for many years.
2007-01-01 01:37:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Saddam will always be a martyr to the people who follow him and however he was killed would have resulted in the same consequences. He's gone now but what people have to remember is that there are other people, just as evil, who will do, or try to do, the same things as he did. As for "was it right to hang Saddam, then.... well, I don't really know. He got off quite lightly with a hanging which maybe should not have happened.
2007-01-01 09:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sami 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Was it right for Saddam to use chemical weapons to wipe out a Kurdish village of several thousand? Was it right for his "government" to systematically kidnap, rape, torture, and kill tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children over the years because they were paranoid of being overthrown and even the suspicion of political dissent was an offense punishible by death without trial?
Seriously what kind of question is that? The only way it would be wrong to hang Saddam is if you wanted to kill him a better way. Like beheading.
As for consequences, "experts" are undecided whether Saddam loyalists will retaliate for his death or fade away and move on as they realize he's gone for good and will never be their leader again. I suspect both, they'll initially be angry and there might be a few attacks, but Saddam will be forgotten in the midst of the whole Sunni/Shiite/Iran dynamic going on now.
The positive consequence to be hoped for is that the Iraqi people will see Saddam's trial and hanging as an example of what rule of law can be, with evildoers given fair trials and still brought to justice in a legal and legitimate manner. Maybe with his death the people will want to give up the terror, hatred, and bloodshed he symbolized and embrace a "new" era of law and order, even democracy.
2007-01-01 09:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by Matt c 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What goes around comes back around to the doer. Who can say what is truly justice..
Maybe giving Saddam to his victims family would have been better justice. Or leaving him in his hiding hole, where he was found by American soldiers (hiding without honor), to die without food, water, help or interference from any one. He chose his hide out, it would seem fair to have met his destiny there. To find him dead and buried in a place of his own choice!
The Americans will eventually go home. the consequences of his death are a dead past Dictator, buried and that is that.. Nothing spectacularly happen. He did not died a Hero or a martyr. History will show if his death had any impact on his followers.
2007-01-01 09:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by a_sojourner_withyou 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
saddam did not feel sorry...in his case it was different...he was not willing to change...for such a person...either there would have been peace or if he had been left...there would have been increased destruction...hence,he made this fate for himself....it was a battle of either 'we' or 'he' ...he was responsible for his own fate...he could have asked pardon --he did not,...he could have said he would offer remmissions--he did not...he did not repent...his adamancy cant be afforded to grow....death for anyone is a horror...but then....world had no choice
2007-01-02 14:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by catty 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes and want could possibly change? They will still continue to attack Americans even if he didn't hang.
2007-01-01 09:26:51 · answer #6 · answered by Bill 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
~Yes it was right. I also have to ask what consequences do you think there will be?~
2007-01-01 09:38:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it was not right to hang SADDAM he deserved worse. consquences-one less killa
2007-01-01 09:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yah
2007-01-02 13:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by nancy p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well duh...his own country hanged him...consequences?...to who
2007-01-01 09:26:40 · answer #10 · answered by naterz 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋