Oh, yes, I do, agiflow, and I share your horror....but, then, why have we not executed Gerald Ford, one of our own, for the summary execution of one-third of the population of East Timor?
My purpose is not to debate the death penalty in America (I do oppose it, pending further examination of Christian scholars and others more learned than I am)....and I suppose that, had a sovereign Iraq tried him under solid legal underpinnings and execution were permissable under sovereign Iraqi law, that would be their business.
My purpose is to point out that Iraq is NOT currently a sovereign state. It is a state that is under occupation, and we are involved and responsible for the installation of a puppet "democratic" regime that works for absolutely no one but the warlords, both foreign and domestic. We are in up to our necks regarding this verdict. Even the biggest neocon chickenhawks are admitting we cannot impose democracy on a people whose tribal system of government, like it or not, suited them....and are recommending the installation of a "benovolent dictator".....
Uh, you mean like Saddam Hussein? The guy who's getting hung, under American occupation? The one we supported and built up, during the Iran/Iraq crisis?
Agiflow, I deplore death, destruction, and violence....but if we applied the same standards to our OWN leaders, and our allies' leaders, that we impose on other nations we despise, why was Johnson walking around as long as he was? What about Nixon? Putin? Sharon? Clinton? (There is widespread debate regarding Serbs/Montenegro/etc.) Blair? Pinochet?
This whole thing is "feel-good" justice, but will serve no interest as either a deterrent, or obtaining justice for everyday Iraqis. It's cherry-picking and show trials, in the worst possible venue for us to be in...it is hypocrisy.
All you need to know is that the war in Iraq is based on lie, and the reasons for why I think as I do fall into place...
Did Saddam do anything to us? Did he cause 9/11? NEVER..
One last thing. Speaking of cherry-picking, my partner, in his ever-increasing worry over the amount of time I spend on this site, pointed out the "Tookie Williams" thread in the archives.
Never could I support myself or align myself with the rabid hate I saw expressed there. When I think of how I was made to feel guilty when I posted here on that immigration thread...
Again, America has a moral problem when it comes to violence, and the gay community is no exception....I was, once again, embarrassed to be an America (not to mention, I lost a really important argument...THANKS GUYS!)
It's one thing to desire justice, quite another to gloat and crow gleefully when it is administered....and now I'm seeing how gang rape is okay among so many here.
For shame.
