A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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December 21, 2003Saddam In ElbaSaddam is in his 60's, and may well live another 20 years if allowed to live out his natural life span. Once the US pulls out its troops, if Saddam is held in a prison in Iraq, there is a reasonable chance that he might be "liberated" and even restored to power. Napoleon and Mussolini both did the trick. Saddam's record as a mass murderer would make the late Ted Bundy green with envy. If anyone is deserving of the death penalty, certainly Saddam is. If he is not executed, it would be better if he were to serve out his sentence in The Hague or in the United States. I'm not confident that an Iraqi prison can hold him, and his continued presence in Iraq would have a destabilizing effect. Posted by rickheller at December 21, 2003 11:33 AMComments
Interesting point. I guess what I want to see is a public trial where Hussein's transgressions are vividly recounted to his face. But, yeah, I wouldn't want him on the loose for at least the next decade (assuming Iraq will have a stable government by that time -- not a certainty). Posted by: Erasmus at December 21, 2003 12:18 PMI have seen very little absolute proof that Saddam is a mass murderer or guilty of war crimes. It is accepted as a given, but where is the evidence? This becomes important when there is a trial coming up. Posted by: cn at December 22, 2003 06:11 PM |
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