Monday, December 15, 2003
Dallas Redux?
Legal Process: Iraqis Just Recently Set Rules to Govern Tribunal0 comments
The real question, currently, is:
"Who gets chosen to play the part of Jack Ruby?"
Three main points make it dubious that Saddam Hussein will ever see a courtroom, rather than catching a bullet from a carefully chosen and well paid "Shiite madman" somewhere along the line.
- First, the U.S. military and CIA will pump him for every bit of information they can before letting him out of their hands. Iraqis will have to wait until he is sqeezed dry by the U.S. At that juncture, he will no longer be of any use to the administration.
- Second, the U.S. is extremely upset at the use of the open Hague trial forum by Slobodan Miloscevic to put forth all of his political views. Saddam can easily use the trial to call for the continued destruction of the occupying U.S. force.
- Third, the U.S. faces public embarrassment by what Saddam would most likely expose at his trial. There is waaaay too much dirty U.S. diplomatic, military and intelligence involvement twisted up in the last thirty years of Iraqi history. Saddam knows where all of the U.S.'s bodies are buried as well. We know where his physical mass graves are; he knows where our political mass graves are.
No.
There simply is no way the United States will possibly allow a "fair and open trial" of Saddam Hussein.
There is a simple gain to be had.
But it threatens the position of certain powerful interests within the U.S.
So, prepare the headlines; measure him for his coffin. And don't bother ordering any extra chairs for the courtroom—they won't be needed.
Case closed.
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posted by Gotham 12:26 PM
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