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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Mr. Priest,
Everything you said is 100% true. Saddam did not do it alone......however, Saddam alone had the power to stop the torture / killings and simply chose not to.
I'm sure some of those working under Saddam enjoyed the killing and have the same sort of evil in their soul. At the same time, I'm sure there are some who were forced into those actions to protect their own life or the life of their families.
Saddam's death will never make up for all the harm done to so many over the years. For those who still live in that part of the world, I'm sure his death will bring a peaceful feeling knowing that Saddam will never be able to hurt anyone else again. For those who believe in a God / heaven & hell......"day of judgment God is calling".
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Firstly, let me say categorically that I have tidied up the first sentence in the post that you quoted.
Secondly, I would add that what you say is very true, but the plain fact as I see it is that thousands of serious criminals are being pardoned by our inactivity. It does worry me that in many hundreds (maybe thousands) of cases, soldiers acted largely on their own impulse. Saddam proposed policies against many of his own peoples, but he certainly could not have had the time to order every rape, beating or murder that was committed. The fact that much of Iraq was vocally opposed to Saddam shows to my mind that morals in Iraq were not unknown.
In many cases, the troops who committed rape and murder did so because they believe it was OK to do so and one can only assume that a large number of them - the ones who still propound a Saddamist agenda - have not changed their philosophy. They shouldn't be living next to decent people, and they certainly shouldn't be getting integrated into Iraq's security and law-enforcement forces.