Number one reason why we shouldn't allow The Hague or the International court to try their hands on dictatators charged with war crimes or crimes against humanity is that they take much too long and when convicted it is never a death sentence. Even Milosevic requested an 8-week break due to his health concerns, or so they say. It has been going on for nearly 4 years with the trial at The Hague. It's laughable. Compared to war criminals from WWII at the Nuremberg Trials which convicted 22 former Nazi officers in less than a year with most of them getting executed.
Today Voice of America has the up and up in comparing Saddam's trial to that of Milosevic. Biggest difference? Milosevic is defending himself while Saddam has a cadre of international lawyers (two of them found murdered already). And, oh, if convicted Saddam will most likely get executed and that there is immense pressure to speed along the trial process as humanely and fair as possible and not let it drag out like Milosevic' own mockery of a trial that has already tarnished The Hague's reputation.
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