The Folly of it all, the trial of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein’s two biggest alleged crimes were: 1) he invaded Kuwait 2) he gassed thousands of his own people, but he is not being tried for either. What gives? Hussein is being tried for the murder of 140 people after an assassination attempt on his life. Why are the two most serious alleged crimes not on the agenda? Since the current trial is taking place in an American built courtroom, by judges who were brought to the US for “training”, with all expenses and salaries of the prosecution team being paid for by the US, one must wonder about the fairness of such a trial. It might be fairer to bring in a “Dunking Stool” from the Salem witchcraft trials.

Could it be that he is not being tried for his invasion of Kuwait because he was given the “green light” by the US ambassador April Glaspie just seven days before his invasion of Kuwait? The Glaspie transcript clearly shows when the US ambassador met with Hussein she indicated the US would not interfere with his invasion. Was Hussein “set up”?? Is the US afraid if he is charged with the invasion of Kuwait the defense might bring up some embarrassing facts about the set up? Could the defense team turn the table and suggest that if Hussein is guilty of invading Kuwait, why is the US not guilty of invading Iraq?

One also must question the “gassing of his own people” accusation?? Could it be that if he were tried for this offense the defense might substantiate charges that the US (then a good friend of Hussein) supplied him with the gasses and is therefore an accomplice? Could it be that it might be difficult to prove that Hussein really did gas his people because a Pentagon statement issued in 1990 indicates there is no evidence to substantiate such and accusation?

That leaves the current charge of killing 140 people who attempted to assassinate him. When found guilty of this crime (the verdict is a forgone conclusion as we bought the best justice money can buy) one must think about similar crimes. Recall the alleged attempt to assassinate former President George Bush when he visited Kuwait. In June of 1993 President Clinton retaliated by ordering the launching of 23 Tomahawk missiles against Iraq. It never made sense that the attempt on Bush’s life was in Kuwait but we turned around and attacked Iraq, but that’s another story. The Tomahawk missiles had the capacity to carry 1000 pound bombs, and according to a variety of news services, several of the missiles hit residential neighborhoods causing many civilian casualties.

If Hussein is guilty of killing people because of an attempted assassination, isn’t Clinton guilty of the same?? Only folly comes from a war based on lies.