A History of Political Trials: From Charles I to Saddam Hussein Book

I have not read all the chapters yet. I have read the last chapter on the Trial of Saddam Hussein. Pretty damn clear that that trial was a farce, which is why the chapter is rather short. I knew something was terribly fishy when Hussein was executed before he could be tried for gassing the Kurds. We did not him tried for that because, of course, we did not want a trial to reveal how we supplied Saddam with the means to gas the Kurds. And Laughland only confirms the suspicion in spades. He also notes that the trial never really proved that Hussein did what he has executed for, namely the killing of 148 Shiites in Dujail in 1982. The conviction was achieved by a dubious inference: since Hussein was the dictator, then he must have ordered this massacre. Such an inference is no doubt probable, but as a standard of proof in a murder trial, it is obviously ridiculously low.

The chapter on Hussein begins with the best and most concise summary that I have yet read of why our invasion of Iraq was outrageously illegal. I would recommend that Jeri read it if I thought she were capable to appreciate rational argument, but I know better. She'll support her country be it right or wrong. Therefore, she is impervious to rational argument that demonstrates that her country is in the wrong. In other words, she is a know-nothing fascist.