Saddam Death Sentence

I JUST Don't know. I don't really get why they bothered with a 20 year prison sentence too. I struggle with my own position on the death sentence, the fact that Iraq would implement this sentence surely is an indication that this is a country that isn't ready for democracy, I think.

Was it even a trial by our standards, hell we wanna force our idea of democracy into the region, I assume our standards of legal implementations too ?

I find UK Home Secretary John Reid's comments about this being an indication of the sovereignty of the Iraqi nation, obscene. The administrations of the UK and the USA didn't seem all too bothered about penetrating the sovereignty of that nation 4 years ago by invading.

An action I agreed with, I still stand by that opinion, I wont wavier simply because one, one of three, of the reasons that was laid out hasn't been proven. Personally and professionally I do believe Iraq was developing WMD. Where they a direct threat to our country, no, did they have links with Al-Queda, most likely.

That is where the risk of them having technology x & y came from, that and they would have been more than willing to turn Israel into a steaming hole in the ground with said technology - possibly a larger risk.

Do I believe that the Hague was effective, and should have hosted the trial, No. It failed, IMHO after the second world war, it has resolutely failed or is failing those who suffered in the Balkans. When they obtain a guilty verdict we place these monsters in cells with cable, big screen TVs until the day they die. Does that mean I think we should execute the ? NO - it means I don't know all the answers, something some of my friends think I don't realize much of the time - I do.

What to do, what to do... get food - I'm hungry.