Peter Hucker added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Had not the U.S. forced the Iraqis to put Saddam on trial
before the entire world, they would have meted out the
traditional punishment for despots like him - stoning to
death. As to the last paragraph, President Bush probably has
been over zealous in promoting these ideals, but then, we all
know this is about oil, right?

A stoning would have been preferable.

Since we're on the subject of what we think personally vs. what is
prudent for our governments to do, I would have paraded Saddam
through the streets of Baghdad, later turn him over to its
citizens, and let them do what they want, which would have been to
kill him in the most gruesome manner possible. But, I like to think
I live in a civil, compassionate country which values fairness and
which also does not want extreme measures used by our military
people who might get captured. The only way to ensure that the
world believes we practice what we preach is to follow
international law as well as American law and the Constitution.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet