Should we have executed Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee?

Balkinization by Sandy Levinson | Dec. 26, 2006 (Opinion)

So why should anyone cheer the imminent execution of Saddam Hussein, however much one may believe that if capital punishment is ever justified, then he surely qualifies? Can any sane person believe that his execution will in any manner whatsoever serve to bring any further stability to Iraq? The United States is without the slightest authority, moral or political, to intervene in this "self-inflicted wound" (to quote Charles Evans Hughes's description of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 26, 2006 - 2:47 PM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Oliver Jones (review), Jerry Firman (review), Thomas Reuben James (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Dec 26, 2006 - 2:49 PM PST

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Oliver Jones
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 by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This blog post asks a good question: does waxing Saddam Hussein do anyone any good? He makes that point that it probably doesn't. But the point is made from a distinctively US point of view, not terribly relevant to Iraq.

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Jerry Firman
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 by Jerry Firman - Oct. 1, 2008

Yes. The raising of questions from wide viewpoints is always proper. This article is almost all question and little substance on its own. The benefits of this type article are most evident in the comments rather than the body.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
Kaizar posted this story.
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