Saddam Hussein deserved to die - but not like this

[derby378]

Was Saddam Hussein a tyrant and a murderer? Of course. Did uncountable numbers of Shiites and Kurds suffer under his regime. Sure they did. Did Hussein have many of his political enemies tortured? Visit the torture cells at his White Lion prison and see for yourself.

However, Iraq was illegally invaded by a decree from George W. Bush, who defied the world and his own father's relatively wise counsel to do so, and set up a puppet government in Baghdad. US troops captured a fleeing Saddam Hussein and reportedly drugged him, threw him into a "spider hole," and pulled him out again once the film crews were on site. Then Hussein was subjected to a kangaroo court, convicted, condemned, and finally hanged while yet another videocamera caught the whole thing for posterity.

America is better than this. Americans are better than this. The Bush administration, however, is not. And the Bush administration has brought shame upon us all.

[Selteri]

1. I completely agree with you

This isn't the kind of court or trial American's should be proud of. I personally would rather seen he'd been given life in prison at hard labor instead of an easy way out to be usable as a martyr for people to make this war even worse than it has already gotten.

[Trajan]

2. Hell .... DU should be better than this ...

MANY DUers participated in the 'Joy Of Death' dance here in these hallowed forums ...

I am loathe to say 'many', because I have crunched the numbers before, and its always a small percentage who take Liberally extreme positions ... but damn: A dark night in DU last eve ...

Since when did DEATH become a Liberal desire ? ....