As I mentioned earlier, I wonder if the Cardinal would've expressed his "compassion" for Saddam if it were his loved one tortured and then placed in industrial shredders. And anyway, knowing how controversial this statement would become, the Cardinal should've at least made in clear that his compassion also extends to Saddam's victims and their families. His silence is very telling.
The Cardinal’s concern is not with our medical treatment of Saddam, but with our videotaping it
Taping Saddam was necessary to show the millions of Iraqis who've suffered under his brutal regime that he was in fact dead. Many may not have believed it otherwise.
By defending Saddam's human rights, the Cardinal is opposing the philosophy practiced by Saddam.
Does Saddam have the "right" not to be checked for lice and given and medicial exam? How is this violating his human rights? The Cardinal knows full well we're not torturing him, so why express outrage over standard (and ethical) procedure?
The fact is that this Cardinal has been decidedly against any military action taken against this brutal regime since the git-go, and now he's looking for a way to vent his anger at America's overwhelming success. I only wish he and the others (including the Pope) were just as angry about the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis Saddam tortured and killed as they are about the the fact that we're videotaping the SOB getting de-loused.
the Christian goal is the salvation of evil humans.
Let's me and you pay Saddam a visit. I nominate YOU to attempt to convert him to Christianity. But after you fail, allow me to put a bullet between his beedy eyes.
I meant 'captured', of course. .....And btw, Saddam has NOT been formally classified as a POW, so your "Geneva Convention" argument doesn't apply.