[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Hang Saddam Hussein

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

The Iraqi's elected their government and it is their decision to make.  I
say hang'em but I don't get a vote in that democracy.

Brad


On 11/5/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
> So, Herb,
>
> How do you feel about hanging Saddam Hussein?
>
> Some Shiite terrorists tried to assassinate him in this town while Iraq
> was at war with Iran.  He caught them, tried them, and executed them.
>
> We deposed him.  Caught him.  And handed him over to the terrorists who
> originally tried to assassinate him.
>
> Now they have decided to execute him for "war crimes".
>
> Is it OK?
>
> Fortunes of war?
>
> Don't piss us off?
>
> Winner's rules?
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Herb Parsons wrote:
> > How so Robert? How is it "backwards"? It IS sad that people must
> volunteer their lives to defend a nation, but that's the nature of man.
> Sending those men to war should not be a crime in and of itself. Were it so,
> our presidents would have been "criminals" during WWI, WWII, Korea, etc etc
> etc.
> >
> > Like I said, if anyone wants to argue the right and wrong of the war on
> it's own merits, fine.
> >
> > However; the comparison to other things that are undoubtedly wrong is
> intellectually dishonest.
> >
> > Sort of the like the guy that is speeding, and complains as he gets the
> ticket that the policeman should be concentrating on other crimes instead.
> >
> >
> > Herb Parsons
> >
> > S/V O'Jure
> > 1976 O'Day 25
> > Lake Grapevine, N TX
> >
> > S/V Reve de Papa
> > 1971 Coronado 35
> > Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> >
> >
> >>>> robert at squirrelhaven.com 11/5/2006 9:13:56 am >>>
> >>>>
> > Looks like we have some things backward,
> > don't we, Herb...
> >
> > /Robert
> >
> > Herb Parsons wrote:
> >
> >> Apples and oranges Rummy.
> >>
> >> Perjury is a crime.
> >> Sending thousands to their deaths in a war is not.
> >>
> >> Herb Parsons
> >>
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