Saddam's Execution: place your bets

[Dave1001]

Well, I guess this poll is closed and I lose my JREF Million. 13 members get to split the mil

the wisdom of crowds

 

[Pardalis]

I think he has (unless he's already dead) a lot of knowledge that could implicate a lot of people in very serious crimes. Too bad many of those people are probably the very ones controlling his execution..

Care to explain that one?

 

[Cleon]

Care to explain that one?

I think he's referring to the fact that quite a number of people in Iraq's government were functionaries in Saddam's regime.

 

[WildCat]

I think he'll be executed solely to make the Bush regime look like it can actually achieve something.

Of course. Because those he oppressed for 30 years and are now in power are the "forgive and forget" type, but they'll grudgingly execute Saddam just as a favor to Bush.

Bush Derangement Syndrome strikes again!

 

[steverino]

I was at least partially right.

Which means mostly wrong.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

Which means mostly wrong.

Huh? I was right. He's dead. As for anything else, I doubt we will ever know.

 

[Darth Rotor]

I think he'll be executed solely to make the Bush regime look like it can actually achieve something.

Lisa, I respectfully disagree. What the coalition achieved was his capture. This is (was, I am posting after the hanging) cleaning up the kitchen after cooking a stew. The hanging is about Iraq, not America. (See my post on the "good for America" Saddam hanging thread for more on that.)

DR

 

[WildCat]

Huh? I was right. He's dead. As for anything else, I doubt we will ever know.

No, you claimed he would be executed solely to make Bush look good.

This is 100% wrong, unless you really think that making Bush look good is the only thing the Iraqi court considered when issuing the sentence.

 

[Ian Osborne]

All you people who think it was Iraq that hanged Huissen, ask yourself this; if the Iraqi court had ordered his release, would we have let him go?

 

[Rob Lister]

All you people who think it was Iraq that hanged Huissen, ask yourself this; if the Iraqi court had ordered his release, would we have let him go?

Probably not but it excludes a middle: if they had ordered him to 5/10/20 years, we'd have obliged.

 

[Pardalis]

All you people who think it was Iraq that hanged Huissen, ask yourself this; if the Iraqi court had ordered his release, would we have let him go?

Are you implying he is not guilty of the charges against him?

 

[Ian Osborne]

Are you implying he is not guilty of the charges against him?

Nope, I'm questioning our denials that we had any influence over or involvement in the case.

 

[Pardalis]

Nope

So he is guilty, and the death penalty suits the sentence, according to Iraqi law.

I'm questioning our denials that we had any influence over or involvement in the case.

The coalition forces invaded his country and took him prisoner so yes, "we" had an influence in this case.