Posted on 01/07/2007 12:45:17 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
Shall we do it over, Tony?
Truly classic example of the headline not matching the info in the body.
Blair said that the method of hanging was wrong, not that hanging him was wrong.
Personally I think hangings should always be conducted with the utmost courtesy, mainly as a way of showing contempt for the hangee.
So, is Blair against the execution itself, or just the way Saddam was taunted? The title surely gives the impression that he was not for executing the B*st*rd.
Isn't it striking how the title of the article does NOT reflect what Blair actually said?
Blair's point was that the way the execution was conducted was wrong, not the execution itself.
Note to SundayTimes:
Blair deplores the WAY it was handled (taunts, etc.).
He did NOT deplore the hanging itself.
Your headline is false, which probably is consistent with your communist, pro-terrorist bias.
That being said Blair has turned into a little PC worm. No spine at all. He used to have it. Maybe someone ripped it out.
Saddam got justice. The Iraqis had a right to administer that justice, whether Tony or the UN or Amnesty International or anyone else likes it or not. It's just to bad that Iraq is so full of warring factions.
"It has done nothing to lessen tensions between Sunnis and Shias." Neither has the last 1000 years.
Thank you Tony. Give legitimacy to the guys aiming at our boys.
Iraq is an independent country. We are still there by their request. They can determine the type and manners of punishment.
If Blair, Bush or anyone had reservations, then they should have stepped forward to ensure the Iraqi Constitution took those issues into consideration.
Interesting how Chirac is speaking so boldly now Saddam is gone. Some talkshows had said Saddam's execution was a little rushed.
I wonder how many won't read the article.
Hanging Saddam was not about "lessening tensions between Sunnis and Shias."
It was about carrying out a valid death sentence after a trial the defendants didn't even deserve.
Wood chipper.....slow feed...feet first.
Completely wrong? What is a good way to do such things? Sometimes I think the modern world deserves to be destroyed with these kind of word parsing fools running it.
These are the same types that will totally uphold any jeers and taunts aimed at our President by Cindy Sheehan and her crew under the guise of 'freedom of speech'.
So what's wrong with a little freedom of speech by the Iraqui's?
"He is yet to make a personal statement on the hanging, however it is understood Mr Blair will make his view clear in public comments over the coming week."
So I presume the Sunday Telegraph (UK) is assuming they know what Tony Blair now thinks.
I'm more in favor of the old methods; keelhauling followed by being drawn and quartered and then putting the head on a pike, in this case on the highway from the airport to Bagdad or at the northern entrance to Tikrit.
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