Word: saddamism
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...hope that a hybrid system run by Iraqis will provide a clear signal of Iraqi empowerment and be a stimulus for reconstruction. The handover of Saddam from American to Iraqi jurisdiction should erase some of the stigma of coalition occupation and reassure the Iraqi people that the full transition to democracy will come soon, as promised...
While Iraq’s neighbors, the United States and all of the international community have suffered because of Saddam Hussein’s rule, the vast majority of the regime’s crimes—which range from genocide to systematic rape to assorted other crimes against humanity—were committed against the Iraqi people. It is therefore the Iraqis, and not Americans or the international community, who must come to terms with the horrific legacy of Saddam Hussein...
While the United States has tied up one loose end in Iraq with its capture of Saddam, the administration must keep in mind that its larger objective in Iraq—to build a vibrant democracy where only the heel of repression has existed—and the important objective of capturing Osama bin Laden, a man whose terrorist network continues to pose a grave threat to America, are, as yet, unaccomplished...
...imperative that Saddam Hussein answer not to an Iraqi court for crimes against the Iraqi people, but to a court of international law for crimes against humanity. Saddam’s transgressions are not injuries to the current, emerging Iraqi state, but deep wounds in the fabric of civilization. The wrongs of which he stands accused are too wicked to be adjudicated by any authority short of an international...
Mark T. Silvestri ’05, president-elect of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) woke up yesterday morning to news he had been awaiting for months—the capture of Saddam Hussein...