Do you think they should hang saddam hussein?
916961
Yes absolutely, he ordered hundreds of thousands of Kurds to be gassed to death. He was sadisitic and had two awful sons who would rape and torture at will. My only concern is that hanging Saddam will just inflame the situation in Iraq as it will make him a martyr and will annoy his followers
877671
not to hang, that would be "the easy way out". he should suffer for what he did, stay in prison for a life time.
816413
I don't support the death penalty. But I've never lived through what the Iraqi people have lived through.\n\nThis is an Iraqi decision to make, and I have no doubt they'll want him dead. Can I really blame these people, who've endured unmentionable cruelty at the hands of Saddam, and now endure such hardship at the hands of both foreign invaders and civil militants, for wanting some type of retribution, some kind of hope? If Saddam's death gives them some hope, then let it be so.
781106
Undoubtedly, you're going to receive a lot of emotion-packed answers to this question, so let me try to be as dispassionate as possible. I have to admit, I'm torn on the whole permissability of the death penalty; but in this instance I think it has to take place.\n\nThe Shiia and the Kurds require closure on Saddam's era; and so long as Saddam lives he's going to be a lightning rod for every discontented Sunni. Yes, there will be some initial unrest, but in the long-run, I honestly believe it's in the best interests of all three groups if Saddam is taken out of the picture. While he lives, I just don't see how these groups have even the slightest chance of making a go of even attempting to pull together something that looks like a nation.\n\nThere is such a thing as "raisons d'etat;" and for "reasons of state" I believe he has to go.
703052
Ummm... if you've been watching the news he has all ready been prosecuted. He is going to be hung. \n\nShould he be prosecuted for killing 148 people who supposedly tried to assasinate him? I think it depends if the people actually tried to assasinate him.\n\nAnd that is just one of the crimes he has commited. \n\nHow ignorant of people to blame Bush for everything! If you haven't done you're research don't make generalizing comments. Saddam is being judged by an Iraqi Court, not an American one.
207618
Yes, we should.  It costs a lot more of our hard earned tax dollars to keep a person alive in prison by feeding and clothing him than by executing him.  Prison life has gotten way too easy.  They get tv, computers, and education and all for a horrible crime.  By executing them, its a quick zap and they are no longer a burden to anyone.
326341
Nope. He tortured people, right? I would torture him like he did those innocent people. Or, elecric chair and hanging would be perfect for him. Anything where he suffers.
769333
when you say death penalty, i believe its hanging?\nI wonder how this one time leader would feel, if his head was severed in a market place, with crounds of jeering people, as i believe is the traditional arab way?\nWell, if its good enogh for princess's ?\n\nBut then.....didnt the us instigate all this, because he was a Barbarian, not to be trusted with long range chemical weaponry?.....but then theyve side stepped having to jail him for life themselves.....(even they wouldnt hang him, with the worlds media)...so they let someone else do it.
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.
942167
i think that what has the world gain in sentencing another man to be hanged? It's another life taken away. Yes, even though Saddam has did things that's terrible but still it's a life. Nothing is being gain from a war, a fight or hanging a man! Instead saddam should be sentenced to help rebuild homes that were destroyed in the war, let him see and feel personally of what he had done! As for bush? He should also bear part of the blame for the war, a war can only be fought when there's 2 countires! I doubt he wld face the same penalty 24yrs down the road but i'm sure at the brink of his death he would feel remorse and guilt. Soldiers died in a war because the country needed them to but what about the women and children? They are the innocents whom got caught in the middle of the war. My prayers goes out to those whom have died for their country, the civilians and of cuz to those family whom has lost a brother, a husband, a father as no man is juz a soldier. In whatever name u call god, pray for those who suffered in the war.
870442
That they shouldnt sentence him to death, beacuse there dumb and they are letting him get away with all he has done with a simple death.. they should let him stay in a bad prison for the rest of his life or kill him after he has been in prison for atleast 20 years.
841074
Of course he should be executed.  Swiftly and publically. I don't buy into all that garbage about keeping him alive so he has to "live with what he's done" for the rest of his life. \n\nThat beast has no conscience. Kill him and be done with it.
649774
I'm glad he didn't get the death penalty. It is ultimately what he would want. A chance to be martyred buy the American war machine. I hope he rots.
274286
Well, I'm sure many of us do... after all, Saddam doesn't have the best reputation in the worldwide community of us "ordinary Joes".\n\nBut I, for one, am glad the soldier didn't pull the trigger.  Little doubt the thought crossed his mind for at least a microsecond, LOL!!  I'm not crazy about the man either.  But I am a huge fan of giving someone a fair trial, no matter how horrible the charges are against him.  That, after all, is a keystone of the American democracy.  Remember, England had an oppressive Court system that sat at the Palace of Westminster from 1487 to 1641 known as the Star Chamber.  Court sessions were held in secret, with no indictments, no right of appeal, no juries, and no witnesses. Evidence was presented in writing, and counsel was mandatory.  Even after the abolishment of the Star Chamber, the British subjects were still subjects to religious persecution, excessive taxes and unfair court systems with harsh punishments.  It was these kinds of oppressive conditions that led to the founding of the United States.  These colonials had grown tired of the oppression and sought to create a new land with a new and fair government, free of the tyranny of the King.  A new republic was born through war and struggle, a republic where freedom and a democratic ("of the people") society could live.  If we are there in Iraq to promote democracy, then we need to show examples.  \n\nThat soldier made the lesson crystal-clear by allowing Saddam's fate to be decided in a court, not a spider hole.
865735
saddam hussein DESERVES death. he killed thousands people, he used chemical weapons against iranians and kurds. \nso does Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and other men who are waging war in Iraq. They also deserves death. They killed much more innocents than Saddam. If saddam deserves to be hanged, why don't they?
533543
Personally, I think that the jag off should be shot. But maybe spending the rest of his life rotting in prison and bent over a sink would do just as well.
816311
he should be hanged or sentenced to life imprisonment