On Death penalty in Iraq

It was reported today that Saddam Hossein, the former Iraqi dictator has lost his appeal against the death penalty that was issued against him. As a person who believes that the death penalty has no justification whatso ever- no matter what is the crime- I do hope that despite his crimes, he would not be hanged. I totally oppose his hanging. I am aware that some Iranians would love to see him hanged for his crimes against Iran during Iraq-Iran war of the 1980s. I have no doubt that he committed crimes against humanity in iran- as in elsewhere, but, still, I can not and will not support his death penalty. Hanging him, would not help any one, it can only make the situation in Iraq a lot worse. First, the people in Iraq deserves to be given a new beginning, a beginning free from " legalised murder"- that is what death penalty is in my view. Second, would Saddam's hanging serve any prupose or solve any problems? I do not think so. It could be argued that it would surely further destabilise an already fragile situation and would turn Iraq into a bloodier blood bath.
My suggestion would be to send him into exile to a remote island and watch him die.

I am back!

I am really pleased to be able to update this blog. I know it looks silly, but, I had forgatten my password and username for this blog and in addition was busy with other things too. Hence, could not create new posts. Earlier today, I decided to "invest" a little of my time to try to recover this blog. And I am pleased that at the end, it was a lot easier than I imagined.
But, there are many things that I wish to write about them.
In the Middle East, I am absolutely amazed that if you wanted to "plan" it to go this bad, you would have probably failed. But somehow, President Bush and PM Blair succeeded in creating a situation in Iraq- for instance- that whatever you do now, would be wrong. If the troops are withdrawn now, that would be wrong. If the troops continue to stay, it would be even more wrong. I suggest that somekind of an international prize be established to be awarded to Bush and Blair, for creating such a massive mess in Iraq!
In relation to Iran, after months- or even years of " negotiations, the UN has at last decided to introduce sanctions against Iran unless, it agrees to stop its enrichment programme. Whether this would be effective, remains to be seen, but, I wonder, why the UN does not tackle other "nuclear powers" in the region? On the other hand, the authority in Tehran stated that they would in fact, speed up their programmes. I hope that common sense would prevail before it is too late.
Last but not least, may I take this opportunity of wishing everybody a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.