View Single Post
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 04-24-2006, 03:54 PM
CYDdharta's Avatar
CYDdharta CYDdharta is offline
Moderator
 
Member Since: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Posts: 1,420
Default Re: Saddam signed death warrants

Quote:
Originally Posted by Traveler
Noahth i think you have it spot on, i think that basically he has the right to kill those in his own state if those are what he mandates the rules of his own country as. As wrong as i think it is its the principle at hand that we can't charge his retroactively for laws we believe he should have had and human rights protections he should have given to people but never did in the first place.

That’s a rather odd belief. If he hadn’t committed suicide, do you believe it should have been likewise applied to Adolph Hitler? Don’t you believe the leaders of nations have any responsibility to the people living in their borders?
__________________
A Conservative – A liberal who got mugged the night before - Frank Rizzo

A Liberal - A conservative who's been arrested - Thomas Wolfe