Assuming Saddam’s Innocent
“The people of the world should watch carefully, listen carefully,” Powell said in his first comments on the judicial process against Saddam and 11 former aides that started on Thursday in Baghdad.
“Assume he’s innocent if you will, and let’s assume that, and let the Iraqi people through their courts decide,” Powell said in an interview with Indonesian television channel RCTI on the sidelines of an Asian security meeting in Jakarta.
This is certainly one of the stupidest things I've heard coming out of this US administration yet.
Dianne's thoughts on this are enough to sum it all up:
Surely Colin Powell has better sense than this? Assume he's innocent? The US government didn't assume he was innocent before barging in with shock and awe killing thousands of people. When much of the world said, "let the inspectors continue their work," the US government didn't assume he was innocent.There are many things Saddam is guilty of regarding the abuse of his own people. But, with no WMD, no ties to al-Qaeda the precept for going to war was a lie and nothing less. And if we assume Saddam is innocent well don't we have to now assume the US is guilty?
It's going to be very interesting to watch this unfold. I have a feeling we have yet to see the lengths this administration will go in ignoring the rule of law for its own gain.
I totally agree.
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Posted by: Dianne at July 4, 2004 10:02 AMThat's crazy, because that was the first thing I thought of when I read Colin Powell saying that. What a hypocrite. He's only saying it for his image. The whole, "Innocent until proven guilty" way of thinking makes him come across as a fair person when in fact he and the Bush Administration didn't practice it before invading Iraq and disregarding any attempts to choose peace and to give inspectors the additonal time they asked for.
Hypocrites ticks me off.
Posted by: Jenn at July 4, 2004 12:02 PM