** POLL ** The UN or Iraqi Tribunal for Saddam?

[miguel]

The UN is guaranteed no execution. Iraqi Tribunal is leaning towards execution.

 

[kage69]

The UN hasn't really been involved too much thus far, I see no need to slight the natives and start now. Last I checked, no one in the General Assembly lost any family members to mini-Stalin.

 

[MovingTarget]

I don't think it is a situation of the possibility of the death penalty vs the unlikelyhood (probably isnt a word, but it works) of execution. It has more to do with who he should answer to...his victims or a bunch of politicians who did/could not experience life under Saddam as the Iraqi people have. With the Iraqi tribunal, he is more likely to get a judgement more fitting of his crime (whether or not it includes execution) than the UN. That is why I voted for the tribunal.

 

[charrison]

Koffi and company have already declared the death penalty would not be an option, so a iraqi tribunal is the only way to go.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

IMO the Iraqis were the offended parties.

Neither the UN nor the US ought to interfere in this.

Notice that in Bush's speech the Iraqis "should be involved" in the upcoming trial. WTF does that mean?

Bush is going to set the rules, and Saddam is going to be tried by them. That is as wrong as the UN doing it.


Give Saddam to the Iraqis and leave them the fsck alone.

 

[Czar]

best would be to keep Saddam locked away untill a propper Iraqi government is established, then hand him over

 

[Antebios]

I think he should be given to the Iraqis, but executed slowly over weeks of torture for more information!!!

 

[DT4K]

Yeah, let's give him to the UN.
They can slap him on the wrist, then set him up with a nice place on the French Riviera.

 

[miguel]

well, seven people voted for UN. What's your argument, folks?

Isn't Milosovich STILL on trial?

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: miguel
well, seven people voted for UN. What's your argument, folks?

Isn't Milosovich STILL on trial?

Their argument is the same as every post they make on here.
The US is evil and the UN should be running the world.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: miguel
well, seven people voted for UN. What's your argument, folks?

Isn't Milosovich STILL on trial?

He sure is. Wes Clark just testified in the case.(not sure if he still is or if he is back in the states)

 

[CPA]

UN had their chance.

 

[boran]

Originally posted by: CPA
UN had their chance.

eh ... when, how, where, what ...

anyways, if they put him on trial in iraq (only option I see since the otehrs R clearly not usable)

they have to make sure even the followers of saddam would see it as justice, and not a farce, tought job, and I dunno if even possible, the followers of saddam (sijites or something, or I could just swap em around, I cant remember the names of them two groups overthere) had a good life under him, while others bad, but we're looking at imminent civil war, with the US stuck between a rock and a hard place, the ppls overthere R trained soldiers, not ppls that where trained to operate in a guerilla warfare as a moving target between two factions, shooting at eachother and them.

 

[miguel]

Originally posted by: boran

Originally posted by: CPA
UN had their chance.

eh ... when, how, where, what ...

anyways, if they put him on trial in iraq (only option I see since the otehrs R clearly not usable)

they have to make sure even the followers of saddam would see it as justice, and not a farce, tought job, and I dunno if even possible, the followers of saddam (sijites or something, or I could just swap em around, I cant remember the names of them two groups overthere) had a good life under him, while others bad, but we're looking at imminent civil war, with the US stuck between a rock and a hard place, the ppls overthere R trained soldiers, not ppls that where trained to operate in a guerilla warfare as a moving target between two factions, shooting at eachother and them.

Dude, get real: Saddam's followers will NEVER see that as justice, no matter what. Just like you can't convince the terrorists of the world that killing innocents is bad.

 

[syzygy]

Originally posted by: miguel
The UN is guaranteed no execution. Iraqi Tribunal is leaning towards execution.

iraqi tribunal because execution is virtually certain. u.n. can crawl back under their rock. they have no legitimacy in deciding on iraq's
treatment of hussein after years of inept coddling.