Parsons
2004-07-04 03:22:37 UTC
I hereby demand the immediate release of Saddam Hussein, currently in
U.S. custody and on trial in the U.S. puppet kangaroo court which had
already decided both his guilt and death sentence in advance.
Saddam has always been my idol. I think he is a very handsome man, and
I admire the way he kept those goddamn muslim clerics under control
during his administration.
Bush has been trying to justify his illegal war on Iraq by pointing to
Saddam's alleged "human rights abuses." Such abuses may have occurred
under his rule, but equally atrocious abuses, and worse, have occurred
in countries aligned with the U.S., and we have always looked the
other way. China invades Tibet and tortures Tibetans, we say nothing.
Iraq invades Kuwait and tortures Kuwaitis, suddenly it is a violation
of international law and a crime against humanity. Dissidents
"disappear" in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, horrible. Dissidents "disappear"
in Augusto Pinochet's Chile, nothing. Iraq beheads dissidents, awful.
Saudi Arabia beheads dissidents, nada. Iraq oppresses Kurdish
minority, terrible. Turkey oppresses Kurdish minority, not a peep
of protest from the U.S. I could even mention Taliban Afghanistan,
where even the worst abuses were conveniently overlooked by the U.S.
UNTIL the Taliban turned on us (remember the Taliban was part of the
U.S.-supported Mujahedin rebel/terrorist group that fought the Soviet
occupation in the 1980s).
So I challenge the legality of Saddam's arrest and detention. In U.S.
law a legitimate challenge to a law is if it is being selectively
enforced. A fundamental principle in our system is that laws MUST
be equally applied to everyone; if not (e.g. drug possession is
illegal but only blacks are arrested for it while whites are not),
then the law is unconstitutional. So if torture, beheadings, ethnic
oppression, invading sovereign nations, etc. are all violations of
international law, then ALL states and their leaders who commit these
acts must be punished; ALL such states should be invaded and their
leaders deposed by force. I am still awaiting Bush's fantastic
explanation as to why Saudi Arabia should not be attacked and the
Saudi royal family arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.
The same goes for China.
One final thought: I hope y'all remember that Saddam Hussein was our
bestest buddy during the 8-year Iran-Iraq war during the 1980s.
Like he did to Kuwait, Saddam's Iraq attacked Iran without
provocation. Unlike the Kuwait attack, his unprovoked attack on
Iran was met with cheers from Washington. So far no evidence has
surfaced, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that
the Reagan administration covertly provided aid to Iraq, even that
the U.S. provided Iraq with all the precursor chemicals for the
nerve gas he used against Iran, if not the nerve gas itself!
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"There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will
be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter,
except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no
art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no
more need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and
ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no employment of the process of
life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always - do not
forget this, Winston - always there will be the intoxication of power,
constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every
moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling
on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face - FOREVER!"
-- George Orwell, "1984"
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U.S. custody and on trial in the U.S. puppet kangaroo court which had
already decided both his guilt and death sentence in advance.
Saddam has always been my idol. I think he is a very handsome man, and
I admire the way he kept those goddamn muslim clerics under control
during his administration.
Bush has been trying to justify his illegal war on Iraq by pointing to
Saddam's alleged "human rights abuses." Such abuses may have occurred
under his rule, but equally atrocious abuses, and worse, have occurred
in countries aligned with the U.S., and we have always looked the
other way. China invades Tibet and tortures Tibetans, we say nothing.
Iraq invades Kuwait and tortures Kuwaitis, suddenly it is a violation
of international law and a crime against humanity. Dissidents
"disappear" in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, horrible. Dissidents "disappear"
in Augusto Pinochet's Chile, nothing. Iraq beheads dissidents, awful.
Saudi Arabia beheads dissidents, nada. Iraq oppresses Kurdish
minority, terrible. Turkey oppresses Kurdish minority, not a peep
of protest from the U.S. I could even mention Taliban Afghanistan,
where even the worst abuses were conveniently overlooked by the U.S.
UNTIL the Taliban turned on us (remember the Taliban was part of the
U.S.-supported Mujahedin rebel/terrorist group that fought the Soviet
occupation in the 1980s).
So I challenge the legality of Saddam's arrest and detention. In U.S.
law a legitimate challenge to a law is if it is being selectively
enforced. A fundamental principle in our system is that laws MUST
be equally applied to everyone; if not (e.g. drug possession is
illegal but only blacks are arrested for it while whites are not),
then the law is unconstitutional. So if torture, beheadings, ethnic
oppression, invading sovereign nations, etc. are all violations of
international law, then ALL states and their leaders who commit these
acts must be punished; ALL such states should be invaded and their
leaders deposed by force. I am still awaiting Bush's fantastic
explanation as to why Saudi Arabia should not be attacked and the
Saudi royal family arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.
The same goes for China.
One final thought: I hope y'all remember that Saddam Hussein was our
bestest buddy during the 8-year Iran-Iraq war during the 1980s.
Like he did to Kuwait, Saddam's Iraq attacked Iran without
provocation. Unlike the Kuwait attack, his unprovoked attack on
Iran was met with cheers from Washington. So far no evidence has
surfaced, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that
the Reagan administration covertly provided aid to Iraq, even that
the U.S. provided Iraq with all the precursor chemicals for the
nerve gas he used against Iran, if not the nerve gas itself!
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"There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will
be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter,
except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no
art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no
more need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and
ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no employment of the process of
life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always - do not
forget this, Winston - always there will be the intoxication of power,
constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every
moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling
on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face - FOREVER!"
-- George Orwell, "1984"
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