For two widely varying views on the Saddam trial, check out Derbyshire’s column on NRO with the “why the hell didn’t we just shoot him” view and Robert Scheer’s column for The Nation (what nation does that refer to?) all worried about us not giving proper rights to the po’ wittle murderous dictator.
When did the left lose all connection with humanity? And is there some sort of physical explanation like a virus that attacks the frontal lobe and affects normal thought processes? Or are they just dinguses? Something to explore in my documentary, I guess.
People forget that the purpose of a trial is to determine the facts and the truth. It’s a part of due process in that confirmation of guilt is critical. How is due process not being followed when you have video of the person committing murder and many other clear, public forms of proof.
Oh Yeah, first! (how ’bout that)
I vote for dinguses.
I hate it when people who know nothing about what the Bible says use scripture to back up a wrong idea.
I can see the benefits of putting all the facts out there in a public trial, etc.
But, seriously, what possible defense could get Saddam off the hook here? All I can think of is some variant on the “evil twin defense” – e.g., “Oh, Saddam? I’m not Saddam, I’m one of his doubles!”
Gawsh, only some gung-ho Crusader tosses around Bible quotes in reference to Muslims, right?
So why is Scheer quoting the Bible? Shouldn’t he be quoting the Koran? I’ve heard it’s slightly more popular over there.
They just don’t understand that Saddam isn’t a criminal, he’s a deposed dictator. Criminals get trials to determine guilt or innocence. Deposed dictators get to dance at the end of a rope.
The trial for Hussein is purely for show. If it’s not, then those involved also need to hang.
When did the left lose all connection with humanity?
That is a question I ask myself whenever I’m watching the news. It’s been awhile since I’ve read my Bible, but I keep thinking of Pharaoh refusing to let the Israelites leave Egypt even though he had God bringing plague after plague on him. “And the Lord made Pharaoh obstinate” or something like that. I think the left has become obstinate.
You’re thinking of Exodus 7:3, Wolf’s Dawn: “And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt” (NKJV).
Naturally, a proper understanding of this phrase is that God demonstrated the hardness of Pharaoh’s heart through the plagues with which He beset Egypt. I think you’re right, that many on the Left have shown the hardness of their hearts.
Am I the only one who thinks that Saddam looks the way Burt Reynolds WOULD have looked had he not had surgery to get his face pulled tighter than a snare drum?
I’m getting up for some water, anybody need anything? Coffee? tea? brie? Okay, just checking.
If you listen to Michael Savage (and if you don’t you should) he will be the first to tell you that liberalism is not a political philosopy any longer, it’s a mental disorder.
Michael Moore is so fat and rich, and he hates the capitolism that makes him that way, so this brings up a question!
Does Michael Moore really exist, is he some sort of paradox? Is there a cap on how fat one can get without getting cardiac arrest? How in the world does he have a wife? How does he fit in his car?
Personally, I think that Michael Moore is just a result of the Left’s obsession with the occult. Kinda like Rasputin. I think they poured all of their hatred and mental retardation into the empty capsul that is Michael Moore.
I posted this on another website forum, and thought you guys might like it.
I say 8 hours a day, he should be put in a box of several layers of bullet proof glass and put in a speaker and some water, put the mic outside the box and let everybody who wants to say something, gets to say some thing, for a small fee (= to a US buck or something), then us the money to fund the new Iraqi govt, military, rebuilding, etc…..
Let’s dress him in a clown suit, chain him out in the middle of Baghdad, and invite all passers-by to hit him with cream pies.
Well, as far as the hardening of Pharoah’s heart goes, it reminds me of another section in scripture which says essentially the same thing.
Three times in Romans 1 (in describing those who should know better about God but hide the truth) that:
vs. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity…
vs. 26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions…
vs. 28 … He gave them over to a depraved mind…
So, yes, God does do that when people are hell-bent on evil. I think the Islamo-fascists have definitely been “given over” by God.
Oh… and liberals have been “given over” too. Why else would they be so indefensibly illogical?
Well, when I posted the previous comments, I had only read Scheer’s article and not Derbyshire’s.
I have often thought about Lawyers who have to defend someone that they know is guilty. They have to do it for the same reason we have to give a trial to Saddam. It’s not for their benefit, but for the benefit of that one hypothetical defendant in the future who is truly innocent. If we don’t prejudge the defendant (innocent until PROVEN guilty) then we MUST provide a rigorous defense.
A good analogy (I think) is when a scientist uses a “control” in his experiment. You test the result on a known quantity. If we put Saddam through the legal ringer and he still comes up guilty, then we KNOW the system works. If, however, no one is EVER found innocent, then we have a complimentary problem. Where’s the control for the other side? That’s why there must be due process.