by IronGland 23 Replies latest social current
Saddam is put on trial and he is sentenced to life in prison instead of death. The Iraqis get things under control enough to where in a year or so the Americans pull their troops out. Once the americans are gone, the 'provisional government' frees Saddam, says 'welcome back Mr President' and he takes charge of Iraq again. Would the US invade again? It sure would make us look stupid and Saddam would be seen as a hero.
I realise this is a rather far out scenario. Or is it?
Dammit! You didn't even make it so I could make a counter point!
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
Never Mind-that sucked (my attempt at a counterpoint, not my excellent OP). You are correct Valis-It is counterpoint-proof. or is it?
No way..... Good Ol Mr.Bushy has invested far too much in to the destruction of Saddam to ever let THAT happen. My guess, he'd probably "bend" somemore rules or find some miraculous report to justify putting him back in to American custody. Besides, you dont REALLY think Saddam with be entirely in Iraqi custody do you? I mean it all just looks good on paper.
Er... they don't really like that guy too much, y'know? He was an evil dictator afterall.
I have wondered this too. What would stop the Saddam supporters from breaking him out of Prison, and what would stop the Iraqi gov't from freeing Saddam, and replacing him with one of his many look-alikes, making it appear that Saddam is in prison, when in fact it is not really him at all. Or even if he were to get the death penalty, who's to say that it would really be him that they execute. One would have to wonder, as even though a lot of people over there don't like him, there are still a lot that do.
This is a really tricky situation.
Bush winning in November is not a foregone conclusion. Perhaps someone who was willing to pull out a little quicker. We're not gonna stay forever and I suppose they could give him life instead of execute him. If all else fails and this thread goes nowhere, lets try to think of a Bushspeak reaction to the following possible future event. "Im Peter Jennings, in a suprise move to defy the US, a rapturous throng in Baghdad welcomed Saddam Hussein back into power. We take you to Crawford Texas, for Former Pres.Bush's reaction"
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. I'm quite certain the U.S. has implemented something to insure that doesnt happen.
Er... they don't really like that guy too much, y'know? He was an evil dictator afterall.
True, but I believe enough of the Sunni population liked him enough for him to have a power base to control the country for 20 yrs. The rest of Iraq are just scared of the guy, so If the US was gone and he still has a reasonable number of supporters, they would probably intimidate enough people into supporting him. Or at least chant 'Saddam!' so as not to get shot or put in a paper shredder. Herd mentality, you know.
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"The strongest charge against the tyrant is the waging of aggressive war against Kuwait in 1990 and the subsequent war crimes committed during that conflict. His legal team, however, says they have that base covered. "We have a memo from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice that makes clear that the powers of the commander-in-chief cannot be second-guessed by the Iraqi Congress, and are not subject to international law," said one team member. "It's signed by one John al-Ashcroft, and it lays out the legal argument for the President's ability to wage war when and how he sees fit. We think it's a great memo and we expect it to get our guy off the hook." The memo also reportedly argues that torture may be legal under the doctrine of necessity, and that international legal obligations against torture do not apply to Saddam when acting in his capacity as commander-in-chief of Iraq's armed forces.
Doubts about the memo's authenticity have surfaced, however, as it looks like a third-generation copy, appears to be written on U.S. Department of Justice stationery, and is written in English. In any case, U.S. experts were skeptical the memo would work. "Everybody knows only the American president is allowed to ignore international law," said one American lawyer. "Foreigners have to obey it because it's international, which means 'of or applying to foreigners.' I mean, that's just obvious."
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