Ex-president of Iraq, was hanged on charges of war crime. Is the hanging justified. If no, what could be the alternative punishment
2007-01-21 16:05:17 · 38 answers · asked by shiva_sk21 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Rather out of date. He had a fair trial. He had a fair hanging. He will have had a fair judgment from God. Let it rest
2007-01-21 16:08:37 · answer #1 · answered by swamp elf 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Saddam Hussien Hanging
2016-12-17 14:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by schecter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Saddam Hussein death penalty was carried out in a way that showed us just how awful we can be as human beings. It was unjust. He was a dictator yes and he killed many of his own people with poison gas etc etc. But today the country is still in a shambles and 1.5 million Iraqis have been killed by the coalition forces since Iraq was invaded. Who should go to the gallows for that? And when do the war crimes trials begin?
2016-03-29 08:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam broke the golden rule : Don't lose at war.
He could have had the reputation of Mother Theresa and they would still have found reason to hang him.
He was the head of a sovereign state which basically meant he was the law.
But it was a show trial after all.
He wasn't afraid to die though.
2007-01-21 16:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by philip_jones2003 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You didn't see the thousands of dead people on the hillside that he gassed, or the mass graves, the multitude of castles built in his honor while his people lived like paupers???
Hanging was too quick an escape for him. Maybe keeping him locked up and letting him see the world progress without him would have been a more suitable punishment.
2007-01-21 16:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saddam was a hero in his country.USA came from abroad under the big lies of WMD to destroy Iraq and to kill his beloved leader.It cant be justified!
2007-01-21 19:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
He was convicted in an Iraqi court of law with several attorneys representing him. The conviction carried a death sentence. The sentence was upheld in an Appeal Court. Iraq is a sovereign nation and has every right to its laws.
There is no alternative to stopping a madman.
2007-01-21 16:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think they should have just put him in Abu Ghraib to rot for the rest of his life, with no outside contact except for the people feeding him. No reading material, no TV, no entertainment whatsoever. Death is too fast and easy a punishment for someone like him, who was aging anyways.
2007-01-21 16:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Kurtayn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was completely justified. Everytime they arrest some & try to hold them in Iraq, they will bribe the guards & the guards would release them. The expense & security to hold Saddam for the rest of his life was not worth it. He was a mass murderer & a torturer & he did not deserve your concern.
2007-01-21 16:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO! its wasn't justified. Men like him, leaders and true visionaries have to do what they got to do, if we go ahead with punishing such people, most of the prime ministers, presidents and whole armies of nations must be executed, not to mention judges and judiciaries, along with the police for killing criminals (not to say that all that were killed by the republic of Iraq were criminals, but nor are the enemies armies and nor are all punished by judiciary actually criminal!)
2007-01-21 16:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by abhishek 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay, I just want to point out to those discussing how the USA wanted to execute him, and the USA did this and that, well, sorry guys, but you realize the USA didn't try or convict or execute him. Our President wasn't one of the triers of fact involved in his trial, you know this right? And to those people, get off the high horse - people who really think he didn't deserve to die, are few and far between.
2007-01-21 20:26:41 · answer #11 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋