Why are people acting like Saddam's death has been ordered by Bush and Blair?
926210
I am American but it is very naive to think they didn't have a major role in this...The puppet regime had repeatedly changed judges because judges were being to lenient to the defense.
601640
Gee....could it have been Saddam Hussein?  He did kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and openly threaten both the United States and Israel.  How can you blame George Bush for starting the war?  I mean, can you blame the cop for arresting a murderer?  Nope, you blame the murderer!
986590
To be honest I think its a Catch 22 situation.  You let him live and one group of people will be annoyed and rebel, you kill him and a different bunch of people are annoyed and rebel.  So no matter what happens there is going to be violence and terrorism in my opinion.  So what should be done?  Who knows, Saddam has been tried and found guilty of mass murder, he should be punished and in the eyes of Iraqi law that means death by hanging.  All we can do is obey the law.
789630
Graig C, I don't believe that Saddam is going to be executed. His next trials will drag on for 2 more years until next president will forgive him. Bush only hyped Saddam's execution before the election for political purposes. Bush can't be charged for mass murdering innocent people and thousands of our troops because of the patriotic act he signed. That was indeed shrewed of the neoconservatives. Yes, Saddam was a bad dictator and perhaps deserves to be killed, but he was not the worst dictator. Why is Bush picking on Saddam? USA built him up and made him bad. Rumsfeldt dealt with Saddam and supported him in the past. USA saved Saddam's butt in the past from many assassinations designed by his Shiites rebels. They gave him all the weapons and chemicals to defend himself from those Shiites rebels. Now because Saddam refused to cooperate with the USA like Qaddafi did and because we need Saddam's oil, so he is no good? What about Sudan's President Al-Bashir, who is killing innocent people left and right in Darfur? What about Libya's president, Qaddafi the horrible dictator? What about Egypt's president, Mr. Mubarak, the selfish bad dictator? What about Syria's President, Mr. Al-Assad, who is killing and jailing his opponents every day? What about Saudi Arabia King and his Sheiks, who hate Christians and oppressing outsiders (not Saudis)? Should we invade their countries and execute those dictators as well? C'mon Republicans, Is this logical? It is fine if you want to bully people around and control the oil resources in the world, but this is not the way to do it. Brutal Military Action as we are experiencing, destroying other countries and killing innocent civilians does not match our Great American Values and Morals. I am really ashamed of our president Bush and his bad ethics. God Bless the USA and our troops forever.
1037921
I absolutely do not think that Tony Blair and George Bush should be tried for anything whatsoever ... they are brave, courageous gentlemen who have placed themselves in harms way out of love for their respective countries and humankind ...\n\nIt is difficult to understand fully the plight of war; however, this is a necessary one, an extremely important and necessary one ... \n\nEach and every time I read that one of our beloved guys have been murdered in the Middle East I sit and shed tears of sorrow; yet, nonetheless, I know that it is necessary ... sometimes I get 'mad' at President Bush ... I think \n"what is he doing" ... "what has he done" ... but then I realize that what he has done will make life so much easier down the road ... of course, realizing that we will always have a presence in the Middle East forever and ever ...\n\nWe can never allow the horrific 9/11 event to reoccur ... ever ...
407616
Absolutely. They have no business over there now that the real agenda has been figure out why this war was started in the first place. I believe that Saddam would have eventually gotten killed or taken out of office but to lie to start this war was and is wrong and we should have to lose another family member or friend over this war. If it is that serious, President Bush and his flunky along with his and their families should be over fighting. Just my opinion.
883443
I presume that you meant US rather than UK.\nI wish I could argue with you but on this occasion Britain went to war without just cause and the Iraqi bogey man must therefor punished while the real enemy of this country still sits in Downing Street at our expense.\nIf the US believed that they had a genuine case, Saddam would have been tried by the International Court instead of by patsies in occupied Iraq.
276724
The entire world KNOWS what happened and how the U.S. government lied to all it's people and caused all that suffering death to their very own and then to take it over-seas more death.. more death.. more death.. more suffering in Iraq, Afganistan and soon..Iran.\nI truly would be embarassed to have a leader such a Bush or Cheney STILL in power.. They both should be in jail..oops we just lost a few Hundred billion dollars hehe..no biggie..oh..you just lost you right to speak freely..hehe..No biggie\nThe American people seem oblivious to all the lies, the dead, more lies, loss of freedoms..loss of rights....What a pity.
266896
I don’t understand.  In the 90s, CNN reported that weapons inspectors were being locked out of compounds for hours, then trucks would leave the back exit.  They were also being denied paperwork that they wanted to see.  They were getting frustrated and throwing their hands up.  Meantime, nobody followed any of the trucks, found out where they were going, or what was on them.  Then, like magic, the WMDs vanished like a fart in the wind.  Now, Bush is being called a bad guy, and the war is being called illegal, even though the UN resolved that action should be taken if Saddam did not cooperate.  When it came to the time to do something, China, Germany, France, and North Korea (was anybody actually surprised here) used their muscle against U.S. taking action.  Meantime, what were all those planes doing violating the U.N. no-fly zone, where were they going, and what was on them?\n\nGore testified in 2004 to the 9/11 Commission that the Clinton administration attack on Sudan al Shifa plant in 1998 was a valid attack based on a verified US threat.  Saddam Hussein had his chemical weapons chief help Shifa in its VX nerve gas research based on Saddam’s own unique brand of VX nerve agent, that contained the chemical EMPTA, unlike any other VS elsewhere.  Bin Laden had funded the al Shifa plant and EMPTA was found on its soil.  Obviously there was a WMD alliance between al Qaida and Saddam, or at least according to Gore.\n\nNow, the real story: If a democratic president was waging the war, democrats would be all for the war, and republicans would be calling it an illegal war.  That Moore guy would be doing “documentaries” (haha) about how bad Saddam was instead of how bad Bush is.  Meanwhile, these message boards are full of partisan hate, most of which has nothing to do with mainstream American feelings, which is usually guided by the press (sadly enough).\n\nOne more thing—with the mass graves, electrocution chambers in police stations, children being executed in front of parents who did not cooperate with the regime, dumping nerve gas on civilian populations, a population at large too frightened to speak out against the government, etc, etc, etc, I don’t understand why anybody thinks Saddam should have been just left in power.  Oh, negotiations????  Saddam jerked around the U.N. for 10 years after signing agreements.  If you say the WMD thing was a big bluff, then we can assume it was another Saddam game, he wanted war, and he thought he could win.
842153
Tragic and horrible.  However, the reason Saddam was tried for the other murders (not the gassing of the Kurds) was the wmd's he used were supplied by the US, and they didn't want to have to bring in US government agents to testify.
446806
It is because of the famous gullibility of the American people in general. The media wants them to believe that we should all be shedding a tear for the poor innocent Iraqi's who never wanted us there to begin with (which is obviously incorrect). There is a movie called Voices if Iraq, you should watch it, they passed out 150 cameras across Iraq for the people to record what they wanted to say and pass it on. A couple years later they collected the cameras and made a movie of it. Time after time people were thanking Bush and America and the troops for saving them from Saddam. There was one Iraqi man that was mocking the crybabies that had claimed American soldiers "tortured" them... as he was talking about the American "abuse" from the female soldier, it shows Iraqi's in Saddams prison getting their tongues cut out in the background. Kind of puts it into perspective. Those people are glad America came and changed things.
791517
And I guess you interpreted that as Middle east style execution!!! In my mind the generalization you show in your question proves that you can be unfair to other people. A rapist deserves to be executed in the worst style, but that does not mean that all Middle Eastern people and countries apply the same method.\nAre you trying to prove how savage Middle Eastern people are? well, generalizing the brutality of one incident on all members of a group is not really a convincing way.\nAnd although I do not get what Saddam has to do with the above incident since he was jailed while this incident happened and he could not have possibly ordered it. I believe he deserves to die for killing so many people unfairly, but I also believe there should be a stop to the Iraqi and American killing out there... too many lives lost, and most of them guiltless.
482837
Bush is to blame. I'm sure when these people joined the military they did it with the assumption that they would not be sent into harms way unless it was NECESSARY to defend the country. This war was not necassary. (What weapons of mass destruction?) The blood of every dead or injured American soldier and every innocent Iraqi civilian is on his hands.
531232
Good question. I say all of the above. 1) George Bush didn't go to Iraq, Tony Blair did, (sissy) 2) Flip-flopper and liar are constant with G Dumbya.
955694
John, You ask serious questions and you deserve serious answers -- even though they may not be what you want to hear.\n\nThe tribunal that convicted Saddam was not set up by the Americans, it was set up by the Iraqis themselves under provision of extant Iraqi law.\n\nTo group the rest of your questions together: \nIt's very important that Saddam by tried by his countrymen, and not by the World Court, or any other international tribunal. To try him there would have been an admission that the Iraqis lacked the ability to administer justice in their own land.\n\nWhether you or I agree with the whole Iraqi invasion is irrelevant. The fact is, now, it is imperative to do whatever it takes to send the message that the Iraqi government is in charge of its own destiny. How else can the fledgeling government claim any credibility at all if it fails to take on the responsibility of prosecuting this heinous criminal? \n\nAs to the release date of the sentence -- that date was established months ago when the verdict was announced. I doubt there was any connection between the announcement and the election in America. The new government in Iraq has been eager in recent months to demonstrate as much distance between their actions and the desires of the Americans as possible (consider the recent order by the government for the Americans to pull down blockades in Sadr City) I just don't believe they would be willing to be used like this.\n\nAnd finally, it really is worth noting -- you're correct, Saddam may have been tried by (what you call) "politcal/ethnic opponents;" but he was convicted on the basis of overwhelming amounts of unimpeachable evidence as to his active complicity in genocide. We owe it to ourselves to remember that.\n\nCheers, mate.
1097100
I can't believe the number of people who seemingly want to take the side of Saddam.  As far as I am concerned, the man refused to follow the rules, he wanted to pretend he had them, so I think we should have acted as if he did.  I would rather be safe than sorry.  I have seen too many reports that show the people are greatful for our intervention.  I think there is still a possibility that there are weapons hidden somewhere.
877586
First of all, let me say this, what a wonderful testimony!!\nAnd then, to answer your question, most of it is politics. From humanitarian point of view, it's better for a few people that are guilty of ruining a lot of people's lives and making the innocent suffer, it's better for the clique to suffer than a whole nation to be enslaved to their practice. Yeah! Such people like Saddam and those whose business is terror - that is directed towards the innocent and the vulnerable, yeah, such people deserve to be exterminated. \nSome deny the role of the Americans in Iraq because they are simply incapable of walking a mile in your shoes. They exercise their freedom by saying what they think even if it's stupid what they say. And let me tell you there's a whole school of stupid people.  I hope that answers your question somehow. And thanks again for your courage and honesty in posting this question. God bless you!