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...Although the capture of an evil dictator is always cause for celebration, the apprehension of Saddam needs to be placed in context. Saddam and Iraq had nothing to do with the attacks of 9/11 or with al-Qaeda, the organization behind them. Brett R. Stacey Portland...
...deadly virus that has been isolated in an attempt to prevent its spread. What caused this man to become the personification of cruelty? We owe humanity this study. Killing Saddam would not only rob us of a specimen but also reduce our behavior to that of the wrongdoer. Evil would triumph. It is not easy to deny ourselves the rush of pleasure, the momentary feeling of having won (which an act of revenge provides), but it's time for the good guys to show the bad guys how to behave. Gretchen Nielsen Tucson...
...American forces finally captured Saddam, but no matter what else happens to him, he must not die at the hands of the U.S.-led coalition. Like many others, I would like to see this evil man dead. But wisdom argues against capital punishment. Even the George W. Bush Administration can understand that a death sentence would only make Saddam a martyr, generating new dictators. His trial will be scrutinized by the whole world, including Arab and European countries. Rajiv Thind Christchurch, New Zealand...
...containing American power. While America spends blood and treasure in faraway places like Baghdad, China builds the economic and military superpower of the future. Europe knits itself into another continental colossus. And the rest of the world goes about its business. Meanwhile, the Americans take on the axis of evil...
...just as Saddam used symbols to engender loyalty and fear among Iraqis, so we used Saddam - his cruelty, his megalomania - as a symbol to justify war in Iraq. Of course Saddam was evil. But the real, nonsymbolic Saddam was just as evil in the 1980s - when the U.S. was tilting toward Baghdad in the Iran-Iraq war - as he was later. It was only recently that we chose to use Saddam as the chief exhibit for the proposition (with which I agree) that the failure and violence of the Muslim world were so dangerous to others that they could...