[lbo-talk] re more should be would be

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Wed Dec 17 08:11:59 PST 2003


Stephen Philion wrote:


>Obviously, no one could possibly exact
>perfect justice for Saddam. His crimes are just too great.
>
>--are they really? help me out with which ones are so great that they merit
>a US sponsored court to deal with? If Dennis Halliday is to be believed,
>there is no small irony that it is Saddam who will be on trial...
>Then again, maybe you're right, if we push just hard enough, maybe we will
>get justice after all from this US sponsored court...and if we tap our heels
>hard enough, we might just get back to Kansas
>
Uh... Stephen, I've said that I'd want an international court, or an Iraqi court, to try Saddam, and that a U.S. trial would be the least desirable trial for the guy.

So why the _hell_ are you asking me to justify having a U.S.-sponsored court?



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