January 02, 2007

"That Poor Saddam..."

Over the weekend, Gateway Pundit pointed to a number of posts by leftwing bloggers that were apparently unhappy with the hanging of Saddam Hussein over the weekend for whatever various and sundry reasons they chose to use.

Today, Clifford May over at NRO has a great response to those who would play devil's advocate regarding the hanging of the Butcher of Baghdad:

Imagine that Saddam had not been executed. Imagine that he had been sentenced to life in prison.

Now imagine that a group of pro-Saddam terrorists seizes an elementary school. They say they will kill all the students and teachers if Saddam is not released within 24 hours.

Should Saddam then be released? Or should several dozen innocent children and their teachers be killed?

Is it not better that we have guaranteed that it will never be necessary to make such a choice?

Indeed.

h/t Ex-Donkey

Those who can't say "good riddance to bad rubbish" should have their
heads examined...

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Posted by Pam Meister at 11:38 AM | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0) | Iraq

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Now Saddam gets to live out the fantasy put forth in South Park, and cavort with Satan himself!

Posted by: reverse_vampyr at January 2, 2007 03:10 PM

Saddam as Satan's lover? A classic!

Posted by: Pam at January 2, 2007 03:16 PM

Saddam is the perfect example of why the death penalty can be a good thing!

Posted by: Anna at January 3, 2007 08:23 AM

This left wing and ring wing nonsense doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. Look what a mess you nutbars made of Iraq. Now fix it!

Posted by: P.Dhanjal at January 4, 2007 08:27 PM

His death didn't contribute in anything for a better Iraq. Fuck you, murderers!

Posted by: at January 5, 2007 12:46 AM