Woodier will love it!

Sorry, Al- Not for me. It just brings us down to their level, a bunch of "ignorant and proud of it" throwbacks who think any kind of atrocity is acceptable because God is on our side. Sort of like John Ashcroft. Kim M

Trouble is that capital punishment is not a deterrent for any crime. Especially not for 'terrorists', who believe they are going to paradise after their death. 'Please don't kill me, I don't want to go to heaven.' Sounds kinda lame, don't it?

RobG

Al, little Tommy Cruise was in a movie that went something like that, wasn't he? :)

RobG

Al Superczynski wrote

permanently disabled by attacks. and hobbled so they can't run.

There are a *lot* more Arabs living in the Middle East than just those in Iraq. If Saddam had all of them cowed too that's all the more justification for taking him out.

Most excellent.

Maybe not, but one can be damned sure that those executed won't be committing any more murders.

You object to killing terrorists in battle???

When has Mr. Ashcroft ever advocated wanton murder?

What is the recidivism rate for for dead criminals? ZERO.

I would call that a perfect deterrent.

No, of course not. Your post implied a pre-emptive hit.

OK, Paul Wolfowitz then. Kim M

...it would be, if we actually executed any of them as swiftly as the law makes us try them. How many death sentences get commuted to "life by appeal", or just plain commuted?

Apply all available means, technology, and proceedure...then carry out the law.

Now that would be real psychological warfare. But since the liberals are all in a tizzy over just stripping some of these thugs naked I seriously doubt we will ever be allowed to go that far. Too bad, I was told by someone who was there that this worked on the Muslim Guerillas in the Philippines back in the early 1900's. There the threat used was to bury them wrapped in the skin of a pig.

Bill Shuey

Here in the State of Maryland, U.S.A. everyone knows the death penalty, even though on the books, is not going to be used. Result, we average about a murder a day. Our State Supreme Court just ordered a new trial for a real piece of work on a very flimsy excuse. The only guy who got executed here since the death penalty was re-instated got the chop because he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison and he forbade the lawyers to file an appeal. Under the present law, that tied their hands.

Bill Shuey

thiett worte:

I suppose Cheny doing Haliburton's business with Saddam would qualify for that. The Bush administration had all angles covered on this!

Tom

Yep. They failed to be decades long buddies with supporters of terrorism, but I question how one interprets that as a moral weakness...

Tom

Ya'know, that's something that I can't understand.

1901, Leon Cholgocz shot and (eventually) killed President William McKinley He was captured immediately, and was put on trial within two months. His trial lasted about a week or so, start to finish. He was found guilty and sat in "Old Sparky" thirty days later. Nowadays, some of those thugs spent twenty years on death row, most spend at least twelve years there. What happened to a speedy trial and execution of the sentence?

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

I have heard that it goes back to the British in the Sudan under Kitchner (I think) in the 1870s or so when they were looking for information from prisoners. I also remember hearing that it worked very well.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger