Saddam's execution

[numenorian]

I think he got he deserved.Though i believe that no man can judge if sb has to die or no and i must say im tottaly opposed to death penalty.

[lothlorien]

He was no better than Hitler.  I was glad he was executed.  He murdered thousands and let his son do the same.  What a bunch of creeps!

[Gliowien]

I'm not totally pro-death penatly (although I'm not totally against it either), but good riddance, I say! 

[numenorian]

He was no better than Hitler.  I was glad he was executed.  He murdered thousands and let his son do the same.  What a bunch of creeps!

And the thing you were tottally against to you became my friend same ways,same actions the saddam's way.......

[Leora]

Hanging is SO last century

[Andúnië]

Well, what's done is done. I wouldn't say he didn't deserve to die, seeing as he caused the death of so many others, and had maintained that he was right in his actions. Even so, I don't particularly agree with the execution method, or, on that subject, how the entire situation was handled.

[Beren One-Hand]

His hanging is ironic.  Hanging is definitely "so last century."  It is ironic in that a true soldier should receive an honorable death.  Hanging is anything but honorable - it is a humiliating way to die.  Sadam wanted death by firing squad; what he got was a dishonorable execution.  And unfortunately I think he got what was coming to him.  In many ways the middle east is "so last century" - the beheading of westerners for the "cause of Islam" (stance of the extremists).  The middle east needs to better adapt to the western, progressive world, or they will remain in the dark ages.

[numenorian]

I agree with you not tottaly but i agree.My opinion is that we must help them instead of fighting.By the way i don't demand them to be like us but they really must leave behind some tabboos they have(which is sth that we the western countries should do).In addition we shouldn't interfere politically but we should do things like building hospitals,schools etc..But i guess noone from our countries really want a normal situation there.

[Beren One-Hand]

Yes, we should help them.  I guess another point would involve a genuine willingness from their side to progress and to change.  Without that, nothing the western world does will ever change their ways drastically.  A big part of the problem is the strangle-hold that Islam has on many people there.  People are not really free to believe what they want to believe.  You're right, interfering politically has been a big mistake in the past.

[Zaku]

No.
First of all, I'm completely against the death penalty.
Secondly, in this situation, his hanging was exactly the wrong thing to do, whether you think he "deserved it" or not.
It really just showed that Iraq is the mess of thuggary and brutality that we feared it is.
People hoped to see the handling of Saddam in a way that reflected Western justice. Instead, after a joke of a trial, he was humiliatingly killed by his enemies.

As Leora so effectively put it, the whole debacle was "so last century", and the opposite of what we should hope for as progress in Iraq.

[Beren One-Hand]

Zaku: good to have you back in the debates.  Were you away for some reason?  You and I already discussed our views on the death penalty (read my comments again if you wish).  I won't reiterate them.  However, I think that the "joke of a trial" combined with the dishonourable death by hanging was an both ironic and fitting death for such a tyrannt.  Sadam wanted death by firing squad - a more honourable death for a soldier; what he got was the punishment of a criminal.

[~LORDY~]

My curiousity has once again gotten the best of me so I must ask, Zaku, what type of "Western Justice" do you think he deserved?

[numenorian]

He shouldn't have any western punishment.I believe he should be punished from his country or from the united nations at least because there is no stable situation in Iraq.Americans and noother nation has the authority to judge someone depending on what he has done in his country.

[Gliowien]

I would like to add that I also am not thrilled about the way the execution was carried out. (It was basically a lynching. Someone kind of touched on this.) I also find it unfortunate that there have been repercussions as a result of the execution. If anyone thought there wouldn't be, they're very naive.
So, as far as these things go, I find the situation unfortunate, and perhaps things should have been done differently. As far as being upset to see him go however, I am not, whatsoever. Perhaps I am a lesser human for feeling that way, but I still say good riddance. The world is better off without him. (With the exception of the repercussions that have happened as a result of his execution.)
As it is well known, I have opposed the war right from the get-go. I do believe things should have been done differently all around. While I think the world is better off without Saddam, I fear that things may never be much better for the people of Iraq. Let's hope someday they will have peace, but wow! We've got a long way to go...

[LOTRfan1414]

Im am not sad that he is dead, but i think they made the wrong descion. Human life is way to precious to be wasted unnescarrily wasted. And i personally believe that it is much worse to have a life's sentence, and that's what i think saddam should have gotton.