The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[--Pete]

Hi,

Mostly, Saddam was one of the biggest pains in the butt the world has seen since Stalin.

And NOT in our jurisdiction.

Somewhere in this melee the cops shot and killed him.

And in his jurisdiction.

Had the shooting been by a random motorist instead of a cop, that motorist would be up for charges. It is only legal to use lethal force in self defense (of yourself, as a person; of the country, as a government).

The difference is that between vigilantism and the rule of law.

If principles are not held more precious than lives, even the lives of babies, then we lose both the lives and the principles.

--Pete