President Bush told the press that he wasn't happy with how the Iraqi government executed Saddam Hussein, his half-brother and another aide who was in charge of Iraq's Revolutionary Court under Saddam's reign of terror.
Bush said that it looked like revenge killings to him.
Well, DUH!!
ALL death penalty cases are about revenge, even in this country.
Deterrence, my afterburner! When are people going to learn that some criminals crave death, and don't care that they might face a death penalty?
Who does the death penalty really deter? Those unlikely to commit a crime-- whether or not there is a death penalty, or the criminal who's made up his/her mind to kill or hurt someone?
The President has no leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing the capital punishment systems of other nations, since the United States engages in death penalty barbarity itself.
This, coming from the man who, as governor, had more people executed during his time in office than any other governor in U.S. history.
I'd rather not hear another word about botched executions from President Bush or anyone in his Administration who isn't an ardent death penalty opponent. I don't have the stomach to listen.
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