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The Only Thing Wrong With Hanging
Saddam:
It was To Good for Him
01/04/07
The New York Times editorial staff, in
what could only be excused by a pre-New Years Eve
drinking binge, complained in its December 29th editorial
that Saddam’s trial was “flawed” and that
the Iraqi government didn’t punish him in a way that
“nurtured hope for a better future.”
The standard set by the N.Y. Times for the nascent Iraqi
government, operating in the wake of centuries of tribal
warfare, decades of tyranny, and an erupting civil war
flamed by a worldwide Muslim terrorist movement pouring
suicide bombers into their country is that Iraq should
have a “flawless” legal process!
After having inherited a substantial legal tradition from
the British and with the benefit of another 200 years of
practice in a placid environment, we still find “flawless”
well beyond our reach.
But Iraq, with car bombs exploding outside the courthouse
and judges and their families threatened with
assassination, should be criticized for falling short of
perfection. Whatever they’re serving at those
Manhattan cocktail parties should be outlawed.
As for nurturing hope for a better future for the Iraqi
people, the N.Y. Times could contribute to the needed
nurturing by stopping its relentless support for anything
that undercuts our troops and the Bush administration’s
efforts to introduce democratic processes and the rule of
law into the Middle East.
There may be some legitimate arguments against our
invasion of Iraq — e.g., we should have invaded
North Korea, Iran or Syria first. But to oppose our
efforts to move Iraq from the 7th Century to the 21st
century in just a few short years and then complain that
the resulting government doesn’t quite live up to
the N.Y. Times’ standards for nurturing hope is, to
say the least, preposterous.
Saddam is lucky that the Iraqi government didn’t ask
his victims how he should have been put to death.
Those who were tortured or who had family members
murdered by Saddam’s henchmen showed remarkable
restraint by not feeding him slowly into a wood chipper,
feet first.
At least in this instance, Iraq’s oppressed have
shown remarkable restraint and deserve our praise and
support.
Way to go!
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The January 2007 Edition
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