Reply to: War criminals and fallen tyrants and serious illness

[SueEllen]

Didn't Ronnie Biggs only come out of hiding for NHS Treatment?

Yep.

He got free-care in prison then complained as he was refused release on compassionate grounds for a few years.

Then when he was finally released his health improved.

[Clippy]

Am I the only person who senses a trend that when war criminals or tyrants or terrorists are brought to justice they all seem to suffer some chronic life threatening disease?

Mladic is said to have a serous heart condition.
Miliosevic died during his trial.
That Libyan bloke was released with cancer but didn't die within a few months
Demjanjuk has pleaded ill health.

Is there some merciful virus that selects the world's biggest asswipes, but isn't quite advanced enough to do it on time?

Fingers crossed Bush, Cheney, Perle, Rumsfeld, Blair & Kissinger keep this trend going.

[AtW]

I think 6 bullets in the head is a pretty life threatening condition.

No, actually you are wrong - 6 bullets in his head PREVENTED life threatening conditions.

HTH

[SimonMac]

Not Osama bin Laden.

HTH

I think 6 bullets in the head is a pretty life threatening condition.

[SimonMac]

Didn't Ronnie Biggs only come out of hiding for NHS Treatment?

[Old Greg]

Not Osama bin Laden.

HTH

He is a perfect example of someone suffering a life threatening condition before he could be brought to justice.

[AtW]

Am I the only person who senses a trend that when war criminals or tyrants or terrorists are brought to justice they all seem to suffer some chronic life threatening disease?

Not Osama bin Laden.

HTH

[Old Greg]

Am I the only person who senses a trend that when war criminals or tyrants or terrorists are brought to justice they all seem to suffer some chronic life threatening disease?

Mladic is said to have a serous heart condition.
Miliosevic died during his trial.
That Libyan bloke was released with cancer but didn't die within a few months
Demjanjuk has pleaded ill health.

Is there some merciful virus that selects the world's biggest asswipes, but isn't quite advanced enough to do it on time?

Mrs T's good buddy Pinochet as well.

[minestrone]

al-Megrahi looks in fine health.

[centurian]

Miliosevic died during his trial.

At least we know that in his case - he wasn't faking it.

[SueEllen]

Maybe they get easier to catch when they are a bit under the weather

My thoughts exactly.

Plus if you are seriously ill in Western jails, they try and keep you alive as they don't want to be found to have killed you or let you die.

There as someone in your regular hospital staff may be tempted as they are human after all whatever oaths they have taken.

[EternalOptimist]

Maybe they get easier to catch when they are a bit under the weather

[BlasterBates]

Well the moral lesson here is quite clear, committing war atrocities is bad for your health.

[Gonzo]

That Libyan bloke was released with cancer but didn't die within a few months

With him it was more the case that by releasing him the multiple questions about the safety of his conviction that would embarrass the British government all of a sudden went away.

[Gonzo]

Is there some merciful virus that selects the world's biggest asswipes, but isn't quite advanced enough to do it on time?

It is not just war criminals.

Ernest Saunders (of Guinness) did do 10 months in jail in 1991 but his Alzheimer's disease that got him early release seems to have cleared up.