Meanwhile, PC Police Reel Over Saddam Death Sentence

As expected, most of Western Europe and its PC police allies here in America and around the world are condemning the Saddam death sentence. Our true allies, Great Britain and Australia, applaud the decision of the court.

In all fairness Western Europe has given its approval to the guilty verdict. The rub comes in at the point of the death penalty.

People and organizations that are part of the global 'politically correct' movement have a decided loathing for the death penalty. It is common for Western Europe, for example, to refer to the American retention of capital punishment as evidence of our savage mentality. And then there are organizations such as Amnesty International that view capital punishment as a human rights issue.

Very well. Honorable people of conscience can disagree about the death penalty.

As I have reported to you before here on The Liberty Sphere, I too have my reservations about the use of capital punishment, mainly for pragmatic reasons rather than moral and ethical concerns, although I do believe that morally speaking the consistent philosophical stance is one that promotes the dignity and sanctity of human life from conception to the grave. Ultimately only God can make decisions about life and death. To entrust that decision to flawed human beings is potentially very dangerous.

Yet there are notable exceptions. An intruder into your home, for example, who threatens to murder your spouse or child is a perfect case in point. Who wouldn't attempt to take the life of such a person to prevent such horror?

The fact that there are notable exceptions based upon both pragmatism AND ethics leads me to conclude that the case of Saddam Hussein fits into that category. Some people are simply too dangerous to allow to live. To allow Saddam to serve his sentence in a prison will only strike continued fear in the hearts of his detractors, thus putting a damper on the resolve to fight Islamic Jihadists. Their fear is not totally without merit. Saddam could well escape or at the very least find a way to direct his supporters from a jail cell.

I would hope that the court in Iraq would find the courage not only to find Saddam guilty, which they did, but to carry out the sentence they imposed, which is death.