Saddam sentencing: The video, the Iraqi celebrations, and the predictable Leftist protests
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Spin it all you want; this is a victory for America, for Iraq, and for the hopes of peoples living under tyranny the world over.
[UPDATE] The Iraqi people appear to agree, as "thousands of Iraqis sang, danced and unleashed celebratory bursts of gunfire yesterday as Saddam Hussein finally faced the consequences of his tyrannical rule in a Baghdad courtroom."
Spin that, New York Times.
The Butcher of Baghdad receives the death sentence in the first of his series of fourteen trials. If his appeal fails, he must be executed within 30 days of that decision, per Iraqi law. If he is successful on this appeal -- well, he's got thirteen more murder trials to go.
[UPDATE] And the lefty protests have predictably started rolling in.
Read on to see some samples...
The European Union urged Iraq on Sunday not to carry out the death sentence passed on Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein after his conviction for crimes against humanity.
"The EU opposes capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances, and it should not be carried out in this case either," Finland, current holder of the rotating EU presidency, said in a statement.
The New York Times, which called for a deferment and, predictably, blamed Bush:
"Iraq got neither the full justice nor the full fairness it deserved," it said in an editorial.
"President Bush overreached in calling the trial 'a milestone in the Iraqi peoples efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law.'"The editorial called for deferring the death penalty "long enough to allow the completion of a second trial."
Tony Blair, who said that he "opposed the death penalty for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but that his trial had reminded the world of the deposed leader's brutality."
Asked about Saddam's sentence at his monthly press conference, Blair noted that Britain opposed the death penalty, "whether it's Saddam or anyone else." But he said the trial "gives us a chance to see again what the past in Iraq was, the brutality, the tyranny, the hundreds of thousands of people he killed, the wars."
Around the region, the outcome satisfied countries that Saddam invaded, but caused resentment amongst some Arabs who see him as the victim of a U.S.-inspired show trial.
Human rights groups and legal experts have called the year-long trial, during which three defence lawyers were killed, deeply flawed.
Wow. It must have taken a whole lotta edumication at the finest of J-schools to see both of those reactions coming.
I'd love to find out when this happened myself. Was it just then, when Saddam was being sentenced, or earlier in the trial? It seems that Clark hasn't been mentioned for a while.
Frankly, if all our judges could adopt this policy for most of the trials in this country, we'd have a whole lot less of the theatrics and frivolous lawsuits and more serious efforts for real justics. I'm up for having that kind of court system here (one appeal only, swift justice, no fooling around).
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"Straight Talk Express"? My bum feet! -- Me, on Senator McCain and other "moderates"
Incredible. It is necessary sometimes to wonder if leftists have any personal integrity whatsoever. For some of them, the answer is obviously "no."
"The EU opposes capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances, and it should not be carried out in this case either," Finland, current holder of the rotating EU presidency, said in a statement".
Somehow, somewhere a Margaret Thatcher appears on the scene. Humanitarianism, as worthy a goal as it is must end in the face of the enemy. What we are missing is the ruthlessness required to prosecute warfare. A Grant, Sherman or Jackson unencumbered by the whining of the left. Enemy Islamic fascist are living among westerners plotting our demise but we paralyze ourselves with politically correct mentality. Do not blink an eye. Execute this tyrant and let's move onto the next one.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us - Voltaire
While, frankly, I would rather let the Europeans get themselves killed by their own stupidity, it does concern me that we have plenty of their sort of stupid folk here in this country. By all appearances, "enlightened" people must leave something behind once they receive that doctorate. I often say this: You can have a PhD and still be stupid.
The trouble is, there may be enough stupid people and Islamic loonies around to do us harm everywhere...
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"Straight Talk Express"? My bum feet! -- Me, on Senator McCain and other "moderates"
...Ramsey Clark being tossed out of the courtroom.