Funny, I thought it was because he brutally killed thousands of people. And for the record, as far as Bush 41 was concerned, business was finished. Perhaps this is Clinton's unfinished business? Or maybe Iran's unfinished business?
My question is why is Bin Laden still alive? He was caused America more problems than Sadam. But instead of taking care of him we go on to play world police and take out Saddam. Don't you think we should get our priorities together?
THIS is why Saddam is being hanged: Caution the sick pictures.... http://www.rightwinged.com/2006/11/saddam_hussein_sentenced_to_die_for_crimes_ag.html
I read about him : "On July 8, 1982, Saddam Hussein was visiting the town of Dujail (50 miles north of Baghdad) when a group of Dawa militants shot at his motorcade. In reprisal for this assassination attempt, the entire town was punished. More than 140 fighting-age men were apprehended and never heard from again. Approximately 1,500 other townspeople, including children, were rounded up and taken to prison, where many were tortured. After a year or more in prison, many were exiled to a southern desert camp. The town itself was destroyed; houses were bulldozed and orchards were demolished." "His campaign against the large Kurdish population in northern Iraq. Once rounded up, the civilians were divided into two groups: men from ages of about 13 to 70 and women, children, and elderly men. The men were then shot and buried in mass graves. The women, children, and elderly were taken to relocation camps where conditions were deplorable. In a few areas, especially areas that put up even a little resistance, everyone was killed." Chemical weapons against the kurds: "Beginning in the morning on March 16, 1988 and continuing all night, the Iraqis rained down volley after volley of bombs filled with a deadly mixture of mustard gas and nerve agents on Halabja. Immediate effects of the chemicals included blindness, vomiting, blisters, convulsions, and asphyxiation. Approximately 5,000 women, men, and children died within days of the attacks. Long-term effects included permanent blindness, cancer, and birth defects. An estimated 10,000 lived, but live daily with the disfigurement and sicknesses from the chemical weapons." That is only a few things he is being tried for, the list goes on and on.
Does it matters to you or me personally? No. No one is sending me $$$'s in paypal is the decision goes either way.
However many he killed it pales into insignificance compared to the amount of Iraqis killed in this current illegal "war." Still, as long as Mr AOL is comfy in his house in the USA everything is OK. Mr AOL probably doesn't even know where Iraq is LOL. Saddam should still be hanged for his crimes though, a shame the same will never happen to Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush and Blair.
A man who commits twelve humane murders and is punished more harshly than a man who commits one murder as a part of genocide with acid baths or through use of a biological/chemical weapon can testify of a truly backwards system of justice. Yeah, kill the good guys... we know what you mean.
The good guys???? Tell me you are joking right. Tell that to the familys of the near 3,000 Americans killed in Iraq that were sent into a "war" over there on a pack of lies.
Ok, AGS has won me over! Its time to pull out of Iraq, and bring all troops home, and stop sticking our noses in other countries business. We need to then take the following actions: (I can't take credit for this, it has been floating around the Interenet for awhile) 1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good ole boys', we will never "interfere" again. 2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines.? They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders.? No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence. 3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.? We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!!? France will welcome them. 4) All future visitors will be checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in.? If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone.? We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers. 5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers.? If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby. 6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise.? This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while. 7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil.? If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.) 8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere."? They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need.? Besides most of what we give them are stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything. 9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here.?Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens. 10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. Thatway, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan? "The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'you want a piece of me? "
These lies? Are you pretending to care about soldiers? Shouldn't facts matter, at least sometimes? One can be much more influential when they have a history of credibility. Have you ever given that any thought?
I guess I won't be telling anybody then because none of them really match your description... seems most of the trouble is coming from the quotes around "war" and the last part there, "pack of lies". I also am confused as to why you think 3,000 American deaths in 6 years is bad, when that's what our enemies did to us in 1 DAY six years ago? *Sigh* such short-minded people...
For one the 3000 didnt have to die, they were sent to Iraq when they should have stayed in Aphganistan to defend that one day 6 years ago.
I think you're a bit under-informed, because if you hadn't noticed, we're still in Afghanistan. Our innocent, unarmed 3,000 didn't either.