There's no way anyone could have anticipated Increased Violence In Iraq After Saddam's Sentencing
posted by
Wally
11:40 AM
Or that Bush would use the Sentencing as a Political Ploy
But, of course, both happened. Saddam's sentencing was "coincidentally" scheduled for two days before the midterm elections, with the GOP on the ropes from massively fucking up the governing of the country for the past 6 years. That wouldn't possibly have been timed as a political game to try to influence the election, would it? Bush wouldn't stoop so low, would he? Hell yeah he would. There is no slimy pit of sewage the Republicans wouldn't gladly swim through to try to retain power.
Richard Palk, a professor of international law at Princeton University, said: "It should come as no surprise that the final verdict in the trial seems timed to coincide with the midterm elections. The US government should be ashamed to have debased international justice by orchestrating every phase of his trial to divert domestic opinion in this country from the dismal failure of its Iraq policy."
Congressman Tom Lantos, the senior Democrat on the International Relations Committee, said the verdict "must not distract Americans from the more pressing issue, the need for a change in the direction of our country's policy toward Iraq, both the conduct of the war effort and our pathetic, corruption-stained attempt at reconstruction."
Congressman Tom Lantos, the senior Democrat on the International Relations Committee, said the verdict "must not distract Americans from the more pressing issue, the need for a change in the direction of our country's policy toward Iraq, both the conduct of the war effort and our pathetic, corruption-stained attempt at reconstruction."
LINK Regardless of what Americans going to the polls tomorrow think, Europe, being a civilized, truly "pro-life", non-death penalty community immediately called for the death sentence to be commuted.
European governments and human rights organisations reacted with deep unease to the death penalty handed down to Saddam Hussein yesterday, amid doubts about the fairness of the trial and fears that the sentence could trigger further sectarian bloodshed in Iraq.
LINK They're right. "Far from healing Iraqi divisions, this trial has deepened them." Rather than quelling the violence in the region, will only fan the flames of civil war and is "likely to spark 'brutal rise in attacks'". The only thing keeping Baghdad from exploding in the wake of his verdict is the curfew imposed.
But this trial, and this verdict, just like this war, were never about creating peace and stability and democracy in Iraq or the middle east. These things were never about saving Iraqi lives from the evil dictator who we put into power and armed with wmd's. They were never about anything at all, except brainwashing small minded, frightened, and trusting people into voting for Republicans so they could win elections and cling to more and more power.
It worked in the past. Let's make damn sure it doesn't work tomorrow.
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