LIVE BY THE SWORD….
Did you read that Saddam’s right-hand thug, Tariq Aziz, has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
He was convicted in connection with the persecution of religious parties, a statement said. Aziz, 74, served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister and was a close adviser to Saddam Hussein.He has been previously convicted for his role in the execution of dozens of merchants for profiteering. Aziz is reported to be seriously ill…
I suspect his condition will deteriorate!
The broader point in play here is, of course, the value of the Death Penalty. It seems to me that it is a RIGHTEOUS judgement on scum like Aziz and his master, and it’s such a shame our own politicians lack the guts to ensure that we too have this sanction on those who set out to take life. Just think about Ian Huntley, the killer of the two youngs girls at Soham. He should have been hanged for that crime. Others deserved the same fate but our cowardly political class would prefer to shy away from doing the right thing and ensuring that those who take life forfeit their own.
We were lied to, as is usual, when they abolished the death sentence; they said that life would mean ‘life’ but in practise it generally means just ten years unless you upset or embarrass our overlords as Huntley and biggs did, for different reasons. I’m all in favour of hanging for common or garden murderers but the likes of Huntley deserve to spend the rest of their days in fear of a slashing 😀 from their fellow inmates.
And if our crooked, spineless, treasonous politicians were to reintroduce the death penalty…… quite a few of them could end up having an appointment with a rope, themselves! =-O 😛
That’s another reason why it will never happen. >:o
That was the big lie, yes. Life meaning life. But we should be used to the lies by now. Their lips move.
….with Tony Blair right at the front of the queue.
And no shortage of volunteers to fill old Albert’s shoes either …
Me leading the rush …. 😉
Our ‘cowardly political class’ don’t have a choice. We can’t re-introduce the death penalty whilst a member of the EU. Abolition is a condition of entry. We would have to exit first