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Fifth Column
Ramsey Ready To Defend Saddam
2003-12-16
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clarke expressed readiness Sunday, December 14, to act as defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, with western analysts suspecting the captured leader would be given fair trial. "Certainly, why not. I am ready to act in his defense," Clarke told IslamOnline.net shortly after the U.S. confirmed the detention of Saddam near Tikrit.
Ramsey did a bang-up job defending Milosevic...
Clarke, currently in Cairo to attend a two-day international anti-occupation conference, stressed that Saddam – however brutal – should be give a "fair, objective and impartial trial".
I quite agree. Then he should be hung.
"Saddam must be domestically prosecuted first and - if this fails - he should be referred to an international court," said the former American official, known for his staunch opposition to the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. He doubted, however, that the ousted Iraqi president would be given such a fair trial. Clarke averred that neither the U.S.-installed Interim Governing Council (IGC) nor the occupation forces is eligible to try the overthrown president.
"Nope. Sorry. Can't do it."
"The IGC does not represent Iraq. It is Bush's council," said the former U.S. attorney general. He noted that the Iraqi body was quick to say that DNA test proved the captured man was Saddam. "Do you think that they can take the test themselves. They are puppets," Clarke maintained.
Did that statement make any sense? Didn't think so...
For the occupation forces to take over the trial, he dismissed this as a would-be ridiculous proposal.
It was the occupation forces that hung the Nazis...
"Occupation of Iraq is in itself an international crime" and runs counter to common decency and moral integrity. Asked if Saddam could be taken to the International Criminal Court, the former U.S. attorney general whimsically ruled out the suggestion, noting Washington does not even recognize the court.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#21  Those would be Texas money ghosts, more than quite a few of which were defense industry biggies as they still are today and then there's NASA in Houston, which is defense-related.
Don't forget LBJ's "Great Society," largely fueled by the war economy.
His apparent failing with the Vietnam War inter alia was micro-managing it, letting McNamara and Westmoreland have their heads while at the same time being constrained by Cold War "conflict" protocols (no all-out victories or pushes allowed, maintaining the pretense that the Soviet Union and PRC weren't in the background, etc.)
One of the weirder phenomenon in the very strange war now is that our role and goal in the Vietnam "conflict" is being rehabilitated.
Johnson was right--Vietnam went Communist and Ho Chi Mihn's men almost destroyed both North and South Vietnam to the point that they're still picking up the pieces in 2003.
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro   2003-12-16 8:32:48 PM  

#20  You got it BAR...

LBJ was a running scared New Deal Demo with a shit load of money ghosts in his closet.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-12-16 6:41:39 PM  

#19  Lyndon was a warmongering Dimocrat;

I don't know about that. If he really was one, the Vietnam War probably would not have turned out as it did.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-12-16 6:16:16 PM  

#18  CyberSarge - Which monster, Saddam or Clarke?
Posted by: .com   2003-12-16 5:24:23 PM  

#17  This guy needs to get a life.
There are persistent rumors that several life sentences would be more appropriate. Not everything the OTHER Weasel Clark has done have been completely legitimate. If this bag of sh$$ goes to Iraq, he should be jugged and turned over to the Kurds - I'm sure they will know exactly what to do with him, and why.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-12-16 2:58:15 PM  

#16  Giving saddam to the Iranians might be a stroke of genius. OK we kill him - but what to we tell the loyalists we are supporting? Oh well, we still have the separatists...

It might give them fits... ah maybe we just keep him...
Posted by: flash91   2003-12-16 11:44:22 AM  

#15  Tarek Aziz has already asked to be defended by the infamous french lawyer Jacques Verges (of Klaus Barbie, Carlos the jacqual, and Milosevic fame); wouldn't surprize me the least if Jacques instead opted of defending Tarek's boss, good old Saddam himself.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-12-16 11:24:54 AM  

#14  "Clarke averred that neither the U.S.-installed Interim Governing Council (IGC) nor the occupation forces is eligible to try the overthrown president."
To summarize: Our (U.S.) legal legal system isn't up to Comrade Clarke's standards? Well Boo Friggin HOO! We should have a swift, fair trial and then PUBLICLY execute this monster.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)   2003-12-16 10:43:19 AM  

#13  that just begs the question of why Ramsey is involved at all

Well, excepting my joke about funding for ANSWER, the fact is that Ramsey has never met a blood-stained tyrant he didn't love.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-12-16 10:18:22 AM  

#12  Clark's just trying to establish attorney-client priviledge so interrogators don't start asking Saddam about ANSWER's funding...

ohhhh...I can HARDLY WAIT!!! Someone should tell him that you can't stop a tidal wave - nor is there any way to surf or duck under it. Best to just get the heck out of it's way. Here it comes...babee! Let the show begin!
Posted by: B   2003-12-16 9:54:51 AM  

#11  This guy needs to get a life.
Posted by: Hiryu   2003-12-16 9:03:58 AM  

#10  Ol' Ramsey should remember that justice is getting what you deserve (in this case permanent room in the Sod & Daisies Hotel for Sammy), but that just begs the question of why Ramsey is involved at all. What is it about the prospect of real justice that draws the loons out of the weeds? Don't go away mad, just GO AWAY!
Posted by: Spot   2003-12-16 8:33:17 AM  

#9  Do you suppose that this latest spasm of vitriol and treason spilled out by the left (Michael Moore, et al) will finally hit the moderate American middle and they will say "Man, Howard Dean is these guy's candidate"?
Posted by: ColoradoConservative   2003-12-16 8:28:23 AM  

#8  Clark's just trying to establish attorney-client priviledge so interrogators don't start asking Saddam about ANSWER's funding.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-12-16 7:43:26 AM  

#7  phil_b, you're close--try LBJ's.
Lyndon was a warmongering Dimocrat; you know, the way they used to be!
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro   2003-12-16 4:21:18 AM  

#6  Let me guess! RC was Jimmy Carters's AG.

Am I right?
Posted by: phil_b   2003-12-16 2:06:42 AM  

#5  Saw a snippet on world link TV's ME roundup, "Rammy" Clark and some "international activist" who said, "We're the superpower now." Or something close to that.

For those of you who have DISH, check out WL TV and the newscast by Die Welt(?) in English. Very interesting. Actually, I was surprised. Slightly less anti-US than normal.
Posted by: Anonymous2U   2003-12-16 1:48:15 AM  

#4  Hey, we can invite Al Sharpton and Tawana Brawley, too! That would complete the freak show!!
Posted by: alaskasoldier   2003-12-16 1:00:17 AM  

#3  Let Ramsey defend Sammy. The Iraqis will just have to bring the heavy judge:

Judge Roy Bean
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-12-16 12:58:56 AM  

#2  Hey, Ramsey's here! Let the freak show begin!
Posted by: tu3031   2003-12-16 12:53:24 AM  

#1  So.. since the GC cannot judge him, and the International Court cannot.... I guess we will just have to let him go. Sorry about the shave.

I know. Lets have the Iranians do it! We know that they LOVE SADDAM TO DEATH...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-12-16 12:12:53 AM  

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