Europe's Supreme Denial

Britain's Telegraph News is reporting that Europe is reluctant to aid in the uncovering of evidence against Saddam Hussein because it may lead to his execution. Secular Euro-weenies (my term) are unable to deal with the death penalty and therefore don't relish the thought of helping to uncover evidence such as those pesky mass graves throughout Iraq. (What hath secularism wrought in Europe?)

This quote comes from the Telegraph via the Belmont Club and Stand in the Trenches. Yes, bloggers are an incestuous lot, but that's the way we like it and besides, it serves as a sifting process to substantiate credibility:

Lack of European experts has held up the excavation of mass graves in Iraq, according to an American human rights lawyer working on the investigation.

Greg Kehoe said the experts were not joining in because evidence might be used to sentence Saddam Hussein to death.

He accused European agencies of depriving the investigation of experienced staff who would speed up the process.

"I don't have enough budget or staff to do more than one mass grave at a time," said Mr Kehoe. "That's why we need help from other countries. Europeans don't want to help out because of the ramifications of the death penalty."

Capital punishment is not permitted within the European Union which discourages its use elsewhere. EU countries also routinely refuse to extradite people to the United States and other countries unless they receive guarantees that detainees will not be executed.

The Iraqi Special Tribunal has identified a further nine mass graves to be examined for evidence of the former Saddam regime's crimes against humanity. Human rights groups estimate that 300,000 people were killed.

As an aside, can America afford to slide into the secular moral relativistic abyss that is jeopardizing Europe's political stability?