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Originally posted by Skunk:
It's ugly. The principle of "innocent until proven guilty" is simply too important to shed at whim. Justice belongs in the courts and should not be based upon hunches and a 'feeling'.
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I never advocated lynch mobs, nor going on hunches and feelings. I repeat are you suggesting Hussein did not torture his subjects? Are you suggesting he was not waging war on the Kurds? Are you suggesting he was not living in opulence while his people starved? These are not feelings, these are facts. I am not speaking about WOMD. I couldn't care about WOMD. WOMD were a selfish motivator in any case. I never advocated removing Hussein because he had WOMD, when America has WOMD. I always advocated removing a PROVEN heinous Hitleresque dictator that abused his power and trampled over globally agreed humans rights. P R O V E N.
THe fact is, rogue states did business with him, and preferred to keep lining their pockets with gold, instead of sanctioning his removal - perhaps through means other than war!!
It disgusts me.