Saddam Hussien has been hanged and now all I hear are jokes about it on TV and the radio. Do people not realize that this was a human life? Can they not see that he was deprived justice? His whole trial and hanging was revenge. I think there is enough evidence to supprt this. I don't believe in the death penalty as it is but this was just rediculuous the way this was handeled. I just don't get how the american people find it funny and want to watch him die.
2007-01-09 02:54:28 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There is no debate that Saddam was a really bad guy, but the US had a real interest in seeing him executed. Rumsfield, Gates(yes, the same Gates replacing Rumsfield was CIA Director back then, Rumsfield was a Reagan envoy to Saddam, Baker was Secretary of State)-the Reagan administration knew what he was doing back in the 80s and chose to do nothing...this excerpt from Democracy Now:
In the 1980's, the Reagan White House wasn't just busy defeating the so-called evil empire of the Soviet Union and out spending and bankrupting the Soviets, they were also engaged in a Middle East Policy in Iraq and Iran, that was aimed at obviously trying to defeat and neutralize the Islamic fundamentalists of Iran which were Americas perceived enemy at the time. To defeat Iran, we will fortify Saddam, he may be a killer. He may be a butcher, but he's our guy.
I would agree-death is not funny-wasn't then and isn't now. War is not to be cheered. Both are serious and treating them as anything less than extremely serious only shows third world country intelligence.
2007-01-09 03:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Did the hundreds of thousands he killed get justice? Not nearly as much justice as he got. He got an Iraqi court. Though that may not live up to the American judicial system (that may be a good thing), its what Iraq offered and its more than they had under Saddam's rule. I personally watched the video and thought he got what he deserved.
Heck, I woulda pulled the lever myself...
2007-01-09 02:59:47 · answer #2 · answered by T 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was hilarious, the way they mocked him and chanted the name of that one guy he murdered, whatever his name is, and the only comeback he could come up with was something about is this how you thing a man behaves. Oh, man, I can almost see it written in the history books of the future. It's never too soon to laugh about the death of that guy, sorry. And next time try to pick a more popular to defend...like Stalin.
2007-01-09 03:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by guicho79 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I see nothing funny about saddam. He was a sick man.
I havent heard the jokes going on about him. The death penalty suited him just fine, he got what he deserved.
2007-01-09 03:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by yournotalone 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think most people are looking at it as "an eye for an eye". Regardless of the trial, WMDs, and politics; his atrocities towards the Kurds and others are well documented and he deserved to die.
Human life without humanity has no value to me.
2007-01-09 03:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Trust no 1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you think it was funny when he was slaughtering thousands of his own people??? What is wrong with you??? He was given a trial by his own people, NOT Americans. I think it's ridiculous when crybabies belittle Americans, but if your freedom was at stake, Uncle Sam would be the first call you would make! Grow up and get off your high horse!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-09 03:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
what is wrong with America is that we have freedom of speech and people have the right to make statements such as yours. Were you in Iraq, you could be hung or worse for stating your opinion against the regime. Not everyone in America is watching the video or laughing about his death, but he WAS a MURDERER and deserved to die. He killed many people in his own country, which in turn tried him and hung him. He committed many crimes against humanity and has paid with his life.
2007-01-09 03:02:00 · answer #7 · answered by Michele A 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans find no humor in it. He was found guilty by his own people in an Iraqi court under Iraqi law. The revenge would be for the thousands of innocent Iraqi people he murdered.
Hussein was treated much better than his victims...
2007-01-09 02:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by ©2009 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Liberals are wrong...
I saw an article on Yahoo.news yesterday that read "Children All Over the World Die When They Saw Hussein Hanging"
What kind crap is that?
2007-01-09 02:57:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it is funny.
Saddam should have been charged in the World Court, like George Bush will be, not by a US handpicked judge and jury in Iraq where he could not get a fair trial!
As far as the hanging, we have made a Martyr out of a man that should not be one. They will only cause the deaths of more troops and civilians!
Bush probably didn't have an issue with it as his state, Texas, executes 1/2 of the people in the US who are executed! Even his own brother has stopped execution in Florida!
2007-01-09 03:02:15 · answer #10 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋