Posted by
KsReaganite on Monday, January 01, 2007 6:55:01 PM
I am surprised. It is the new year, there has been at least one working day already between now and Saddam Hussein’s execution and still no wrongful death lawsuit on file from ACLU, the ABA, or the New York Times. Amazing. Maybe they are still busy celebrating their ‘Happy Holidays’ (Christmas to most of the rest of us) in style. Well, next week is only hours away and who knows which podunk Federal district judge in New York or Washington or San Francisco end up with a filing on her desk seeking damages for the pain, suffering, and death inflicted on the poor Mr. Saddam Hussein.
Mind you, as I pointed out in my previous post, had the contemporary American system of criminal justice be in vogue in Iraq today, Saddam would be very alive, watching cable television, and chatting on satellite hookup with news anchor bimbos like E D Hill (or whatever her last name is this week which probably depends on who knocked her up this year).
He is dead. Dead as a door nail. It is not our business to judge the swiftness of the Iraqi justice system that was established by competent, democratically chosen lawmakers, and is staffed by independent judges of reputable qualifications. If anything, we can learn a thing or two about the concept of ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ from the nascent independent judiciary in Baghdad.