Where is the crime?
He quotes, at greater length than I will, the Wall Street Journal coverage of the events of the trial, including Hussein's reaction to the discussion of the massacre and his role:
Indeed, Saddam, where is the crime. You make the laws, therefore whatever you do must be within them.Last week, Saddam acknowledged in court that he had ordered the summary trial that led to the execution of the villagers and the destruction of their farmland. "Where is the crime?" he asked, claiming that as president of Iraq all his actions were lawful. Nazi defendants at the Nuremberg trial famously adopted a similar defense.
Being unable to criticize the current Administration, naturally Ed is unable to draw some other eerie parallels with Nazi Germany in the forties. Hmmm, let's make a list, shall we?
- paranoid surveillance of the population,
- arrest and detention without charge or representation,
- the effective maintenance of a state religion,
- torture as a means of gathering information,
- "defensive" war
- ...
Anyone else wanna add to the list? I can't think on an empty stomach and have to head to the cafeteria.
Well, there's Gitmo as an interment Camp - although I don't know if they've started installing showers there yet.
Posted by Dan | Wed Mar 08, 12:48:00 PM