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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (192244)	1/9/2007 10:09:28 AM
From: kech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

In any case, remember they got Al Capone for income tax evasion. It doesn't mean he was innocent of all kinds of other crimes Not bragging about anything. Just stating the obvious about the disconnect between trials and deeds. There were many many more charges against Saddam than one, the fact that he was executed for the first one does not indicate the others were invalid. In any case, we will still see how the trials turn out for his co-defendants in those cases.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (192244)	1/9/2007 4:24:51 PM
From: ig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Al Capone's arrest for Income Tax Evasion was a clear statement on the incompetence of the police investigating his crimes. That the only thing the entire US justice system could find to convict him on was Income Tax is nothing to brag about. Who says that's all they had on Al? The way I hear it, getting him on tax evasion was simply the most efficient way to put him out of business. It was the most open-and-shut charge, the least likely to allow him to slip off the hook or to protract his defense. I'll bet it's the same thing for Saddam. His prosecutors likely picked the offense that was easiest to prove, with the least wiggle room for Saddam, with the idea of "taking him out" (one of my favorite euphemisms) as quickly as possible, with the least margin for slip-ups. As for Calley versus Saddam, Saddam was hanged by an Iraqi court, Calley was pardoned by an American president responding to a great outcry from the constituency of his party. Inconsistency between two such agencies isn't something to be flabbergasted about. Yet you seem to be trying to make the case that since Saddam was hanged, Calley should have been, too; and since Calley wasn't, then by jingo, that just goes to show that ___ [fill in the anti-American blank]. I like your Chimpoid Chronicles and paeans to CO2 a lot better. --- EDIT: WHOOOPS! I thought I was writing a response to Mq! I've been following the back and forth on this for a few days and have been meaning to say something to Mq, and backtracked through the thread today and landed on the quote above and just assumed..... and paid for it. No time to fix it up now.