Posted on 12/31/2006 7:21:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
We can't publish from this rag so here's a link strictly for the purpose of voting:
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Look for it next to the picture of a gesticulating Saddam.
Better question: How much would you have paid to pull the lever at the gallows?
I don't think it will make things worse there.
38% yes
62% no
I agree with you. It won't make things worse. It might, however, get US some good will from the many who hated Saddam and were his victims.
Oh course the execution won't make things better or worse. Saddam has had little or no bearing on the goings on in Iraq for some time. (if you haven't noticed).
Why would I freep the poll and lie to myself?
I don't think this will make one difference one way or another. What a stupid poll. I won't even vote for this. I mean do you want us to say yes? I mean come on so what we are saying is next week because Sadam is gone everything will be hunky dorey. I don't buy that for a minute. I also won't say no because I don't think that because Sadam is gone that their will be this big sudden killing spree either.
My thinking on it..
Do not poll one way or the other if you have no opinion.
Or if you think the answer is no then by all means vote no.
Probably not, given that the executioners were chanting Moqtada al-Sadr's name.
It helps improve the world.
He's next.
I doubt it. al-Sadr's influence runs deep and now he's become so popular that the Iraqi government has no choice but to play ball with him.
MAYBE he can eventually be reasoned with, but killing him would result in an all-out civil war. The window of opportunity for taken him out has long been closed.
Yes
Saddam's execution should have a profound psychological effect in direct relation to the death grip he had on Iraq.
Whether this will convince some to lay down their arms or embolden others to take up arms remains questionable.
All that really matters at this point is that his victims have seen Justice.
After watching the execution, I've come to the conclusion Iraq is a lost cause. There was no dignity, no decorum, no honor- just a bunch of hooded thugs in leather jackets who looked like a few slugs they picked up off the street. Then there was that little homage to that scumbag Sadr who's been responsible for the deaths of our boys over there. Pull out, let them at each other's throats and, if it becomes a hotbed of terrorists- blow it off the face of the earth.
There might be a small spike in the violence for a few days or few weeks but that is about it. If the Sunnis assassinated a major Shia politician in retaliation, that would cause their demise.
About 20 times
Refresh page and re-vote
I feel like a democrat
It will make tinpot dictators think twice before they try to fight proxy wars against the United States through the use of terrorist organizations.
Depends. It's good the old bastard is gone, but were his guards not chanting "Moqtada! Moqtada!", I'd be a little more optimistic about where Iraq is heading.
Feeling optimistic are we? Don't feel bad. I've venture into that train of thought a few times.lol
Although that seems like a fitting solution, I doubt that it will solve anything in the long run. The goal is to create a more peaceful ME for our grandchildren to live side by side with in the years ahead. There are 1.2 Billion Muslims in the world. You can't kill them all. Sorry.
Exactly.
This one was for Ahmanutjob.
It makes the US look bad. We could not try and execute a man in a year. We can't even try the guys at Guantanamo after 5 years.
I am incredibly disillusioned. They couldn't keep a cellphone out of the room? They couldn't find ten trustworthy, honorable men to carry out the execution? They couldn't carry it out with at least a modicum of dignity? I don't know what the answer is, but The Gong Show is morally superior to this crap
The message was pretty clear. Extremists and tyrants beware. Humanity will no longer tolerate you.
Oh Westerner...how spoiled you are. Don't think in terms of the world we know. Think, the law of the jungle or the wild wild west or something.
This one was done by and for Iraqis.
Who cares? At least the b@st@rd is gone.
Do you think the execution of Saddam Hussein will help improve matters in Iraq?
47.1%
Yes
52.9%
No
Total Votes: 478
Results: 488 Votes; 46.9% Yes; 53.1% No!
And a BUMP!!!
the execution was handled poorly. this is going to play very badly amongst the Sunnis. It plays not as if a legitimate government hung Saddam, but rather a Shiite lynch mob did.
BUMP!!
Saddam's execution and the situation on the ground in Iraq:
It can't hurt things a bit. The Ba'athists are ALREADY mad at us, but with no clear-cut leader to re-emerge from their ranks, they are cut off from their real reason for continuing the resistance. Saddam is not going to be pardoned and freed now.
As for the rest of the uproar going on - that had little or nothing to do with the execution of Saddam. That is local gang warfare going on, with tacit supply coming from acorss the border somewhere, a proxy war between Saudi Arabia on one side, and Syria/Iran on the other. Much like the Spanish Civil War of 1936 was a battle between international Communism, including their sympathizers in the US and Great Britain on one side, and the Fascists of Italy and Nazis of Germany on the other side. Most of the weapons and tactics put into use in the early phases of WW II were tested out there first.
Interesting comparison.
What do you think??
Hanging Saddam was the correct thing to do, returning his
body to Tikkrit was a mistake.
Don't feel bad. You will not become a true Democrat until you figure out a way to vote after you are dead.
Truth is I don't really care what effect it has on events in Iraq. He wasn't executed to affect events, he was executed as punishment for his crimes, or at least one of his crimes. It's not called "capital deterrence" or "capital behavior modification", but capital PUNISHMENT! Any good that comes from it beyond punishing someone for their crime(s) is strictly serendipitous.
The taking out of al-Sadr will have to happen in spite that a civil war might erupt. He will become the Saddam of Iraq if left to continue to grow. The current attempt of some form of Government will collapse under the constant killing of 70 to 100 civilians a day.
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