tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post2999620235239562833..comments2023-10-17T06:32:16.879-05:00Comments on yawp: Thoughts Concerning an ExecutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-33556104657857439242007-01-01T22:52:00.000-06:002007-01-01T22:52:00.000-06:00I don't know if it makes me a bad American, a bad ...<i>I don't know if it makes me a bad American, a bad human... or what.</i><br /><br />It makes you a <b>good</b> human.michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872051454149767482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-47095796244958942112006-12-30T23:56:00.000-06:002006-12-30T23:56:00.000-06:00I, for one, got no problem with the death penalty....I, for one, got no problem with the death penalty. Line 'em up and get 'em out...<br /><br />As for Saddam, well, he can go be Satan's bitch (a la South Park...)loofrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536726261625483977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-49566654571271462822006-12-30T16:56:00.000-06:002006-12-30T16:56:00.000-06:00BPP - It's the diversion tactic that bothers me mo...BPP - It's the diversion tactic that bothers me most, I think. We didn't do anything to help the Kurds when these atrocities were committed. And if we'd really wanted to punish Saddam for what he did to them, we would've taken care of that during the First Gulf War.<br /><br />Instead, we waited 20 years -- and even then, only when we couldn't come up with anything else to charge him with. <br /><br />Have we brougt closure to the Iraqi Kurds closest to the situation? Or have we exploited their tragedy?thirdworstpoetinthegalaxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311347759904615303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-84278875341648893662006-12-30T16:49:00.000-06:002006-12-30T16:49:00.000-06:00Matthew - You're exactly right. That's yet another...Matthew - You're exactly right. That's yet another reason this particular execution was a bad idea. Not only was it a "bait and switch" for the America public, but I suspect it'll also rally a few folks in the Mid-East who now view him as a martyr (even if they didn't necessarily care for him before).thirdworstpoetinthegalaxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311347759904615303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-71260214310071971782006-12-30T01:41:00.000-06:002006-12-30T01:41:00.000-06:00In most cases I am against the death penalty. In t...In most cases I am against the death penalty. In the case of Saddam, I am for it. Regardless of how long ago it was, ethnic cleansing is ethnic cleansing and deserves to be punished.<br /><br />On that note, I don't think we should be in Iraq. I don't think anyone really saw a connection between Saddam and al Qaida. They are religious fanatics while he was just a meglomaniac.<br /><br />Yes, Saddam kept Iraq stable. But he also exported unrest. Who was sending checks to families of suicide bombers in Isreal?<br /><br />The reason George the First didn't go all the way in '91 is because he knew that there was no way they could keep a lid on the tension between the Sunnis and Shiites. Well, now Saddam is dead, there is a civil war in Iraq, more and more people are being killed every day and there is no end in site.<br /><br />Am I happy Saddam is dead? No. But I am not unhappy either.<br /><br />The truly sad part about the whole Iraq war? It diverted attention away from Afghanistan, a situation which was becoming stable but is now also spiraling out of control.<br /><br />As for the War on Terror, I will say what I said from the start: I am expecting it to go about as well as the War on Drugs or the War on Poverty. Next time you fly anywhere ask yourself this: Am I any safer today than I was on September 10th, 2001?<br />~BPPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-40448448513249978442006-12-29T22:41:00.000-06:002006-12-29T22:41:00.000-06:00A hearty "amen" to your post.
Killing Saddam is...A hearty "amen" to your post. <br /><br />Killing Saddam is a bad idea.<br /><br />I'm opposed to the death penalty, so I'm likely to be turned off in the first place, but my objections go beyond that.<br /><br />The last thing you want to do is to make the guy a martyr. If you lock him up in some deserted jail, he becomes a pathetic loner. Now he will be a hero for extremists.<br /><br />We've just taken a bad situation and made it much worse.Workmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890610687637773418noreply@blogger.com