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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:34 AM Original message |
Why is Saddam's execution so much more bemoaned than any other? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think the post directly below yours in 'Latest' says why |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. i am not seeing people celebrating, cheering and toasting those other |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't get it ... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because all the reporters have blood dripping from their mouths |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I don't watch TV, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Speaking for myself, |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Another brilliant post. I couldn't say it any better. thanks n/t |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here's why |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. By what measure was Saddam Hussein a "legitimate foreign head of state". |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. So under your rubric |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Any country whose ruler doesn't have a popular mandate and there would be no adverse consequences. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Saddam was the ruler of that country |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. So I guess that means it could happen here too? |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. It is more than that. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Dupe - please delete |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. well, it's all connected, really |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Dupe - please delete (again!) |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. why? -- where are the weapons of mass destruction? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't bemoan Saddam's execution more than other people's |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because it legitimitizes th U.S. as the world Mafia |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. America is supposed to set the example for human rights and fair trials. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. BINGO! THat is the most sane argument I've seen all day. n/t |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. because unlike those other executions, this one comes with reprisals... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because he had a lot of valuable information about the crimes of the |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because it's public. |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Saddam deserved to die |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because it's a milestone resulting from an illegal war? And because the prosecution |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Most of the "bemoaning" has nothing to do with sorrow for SH |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because more was at stake than just him |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because it was an international lynching |
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