saddam'execution was right or not?

Answer 1

It was the right thing to do for a whole lot of reasons.

Answer 2

The fact that a mass murderer was hanged was right. The problem was is that the Iraq government did it in a way that was unprofessional and lacking any kind of common sense. if you are trying to unite a country, why would you allow the chanting of religious slurs?
If done right, the hanging could have been a great step in the right direction of the moving forward of Iraq, instead, it has turned into something else that is dividing it more...

Answer 3

This must have been avoided,Of course he killed thousands of people but this is just part of politics(Please remember at least 35000 civilians killed after the war by US troops directly or indirectly).But capturing a country by the military forces and killing its president brutally torturing him (At least he could have been executed without being tortured ,After all he was a president of a country) is definitely not going to be good example for US troops.This is going to increase the anti American sentiment among the people which will never be good for a country.

And a last thing MAY BE UNITED STATES IS A SUPERIOR COUNTRY NOW BUT NOT FOR EVER. All the empires had a worst end . From Persian empire to recent Soviet Union...

Answer 4

After World War 1, the Germans were pissed off because their country was raped of its wealth and it's leaders frogmarched through kangaroo courts. After World War 2, the Germans accepted the actions against them (and their own complicity) because their leaders got a fair trial and were helped to rebuild their country.

Saddam's trial was anything but fair. Instead of convicting him on the plethora of evidence, the trial was a joke with a predetermined result. And when you add in the lynching (because it sure as hell wasn't an execution), the Shia turned Hussein into a martyr.

Add to that, during the execution Hussein was the only one who acted with dignity - no whining, no begging, no tears; he accepted his fate and took it like a man. Meanwhile, the torturers (not executioners) behaved like animals, making Hussein's "execution" as disgusting as any of his crimes against humanity.

Third, the quick lynching was not done for punishment, it was done to silence Hussein. He knew all the dirty secrets of the US's involvement with him and his country; people yak about WMDs, but where the hell do you think Hussein got them from? It was the US who sold him anthrax and nerve gas to use against the Iranians.

Last but not least, by allowing or promoting Hussein's lynching, the US has screwed the Kurds AGAIN. During the first "Gulf War", the US told the Kurds to revolt and the US would support them; the Kurds revolted, but the US chickened out. Hussein murdered thousands in revenge. (It's exactly the same as when the US chickened out on the Bay of Pigs and left those people to rot in Cuban prisons.)

By allowing Hussein to be lynched so quickly, the Kurds were prevented from trying him themselves, something they very much wanted to do. So for a second time, the US screws the Kurds and breaks a promise, giving more people another reason to hate the US.

Additional:

"ph_yo", your ignorance and selective memory are amazing. The UN inspectors _were_ allowed access and only left when it was clear the US was about to invade. Are you inept and ignorant, or just a willing liar?
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Answer 5

As it turned out it was a Shiite hanging a Sunni. So now a Sunni must hang a Shiite, and it didn't need to be that way.
It should have been a country hanging an oppressor.
In reality tho' as long as Saddam was still alive there was a segment of Iraqi society that envisioned him being restored to power. That portion of the insurgency will in time go away now.

Answer 6

Right or not - comes only if a fair trial has been given with international judges of repute. Now the local persons who have influenced the decision of the judges, or on the behest of outside agencies conclusions have been arrived at cannot be told in certain terms as full details are not made available.
VR

Answer 7

No, the death penalty is never right. It is legal killing but still any kind of killing is morally wrong. It devalues life and makes murder more likely. When the state kills it is making a statement that murder is justifiable in certain situations and individuals are more likely to justify it to themselves and carry it out.

Answer 8

It was not wrong only but it was the crime of the 21st century.History will curse Bush and his cheap Iraqi tools for this crime.Saddam was nation hero and will stay alive in the hearts of Arab and Muslims.

Answer 9

It had to happen! I mean personally I did not want to see him get the death penalty but as long as he was alive it was always a chance of the Baath party trying to help him escape and come into power!

Answer 10

I don't feel sorry for him. He killed at least 180,000 of Iraq's own civilians in his reign. He had all the opprotunity before the US invasion to allow inspectors back in. He had up til the day before the invasion to leave the country and take his money with him. He got what he deserved.