Saddam Trial
The significance of the Saddam trial is that it should enforce the idea that a credible justice system is in effect in Iraq. Or at least that such a system is being founded. That is to say, not a system that is merely a puppet of the US government. That said, Saddam is really showing his ass:
Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return “to an unjust court” when it convenes for a fifth session the following day. As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: “I will not return. I will not come to an unjust court! Go to hell!”
Saddam also complained that he had no fresh clothes and had been deprived of shower and exercise facilities. “This is terrorism,” he said.
He should, of course, be forced to attend the trial. If he refuses, he should be bound and made to appear at the trial. Right now, posturing is all he has to energize any supporters he may have left. And that posturing should be taken from him, by force if need be.
December 6th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
posturing should be taken from him, by force if need be.
Maybe if two more of his attorneys get murdered he’ll start to behave.
December 6th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
And that traitor Ramsey Clarke is his new attorney . . . . . the timing couldn’t be more perfect.
December 6th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
The significance of the Saddam trial is that it should enforce the idea that a credible justice system is in effect in Iraq. Or at least that such a system is being founded. -SayUncle
Of course, all the judges were trained by the US. We wrote their constitution too. This is a show trial, a kangaroo court that was put together as pure propaganda. No way Saddam can get a fair trial.
That being said, I think he’s a bad guy and deserves to be punished.
December 6th, 2005 at 6:40 pm
Actually, while he may not get a fair trial, it is healing for the country to see what he had become. To see the years of proproganda he prepetuated washed away every time he talks is somthing that warms the heart.
For bindings i suggest a straight jaket.
December 6th, 2005 at 7:57 pm
You First
You first, you rat bastard. You’re getting three squares a day, which is a hell of a lot more than most of your victims ever got while you were in charge of the torture chambers, the killing fields, and the mass graves that litter the Iraqi landscape…
December 7th, 2005 at 10:00 am
[…] Despite my desires for the authorities to force Saddam to attend his own trial, it didn’t happen. The trial resumed without him. I suppose the authorities in Iraq don’t want to give Saddam his Abu Ghraib moment the would garner more sympathy or support? […]