Greywolf: cause the crimes he commited were against Iraqis, not Americans.
ionia: mhm, and you always take whichever position is 180* opposite from mine, apparently for the hell of it.
Flipside: I think that about right. Bush is making a big show of this because its about the only thing he has going for him right now. Unless they pop Osama out in October, just in time for elections, this may be Bush's only chance to gain an inch.
I think Iraqis just want him gone. From their perspective, they just want a bullet in his head and be done with it. I feel the same way about Slobo. I'de say that Saddam should go by way of firing squad, one Iraqi and one Kurdish. But that not going to happen. There is going to be an elaborate trail, where we will examine Saddam's crimes in all their terrible detail, to remind us how wonderful and benign the current dictatorship is compared to the previous one. Its only human nature to compare, and thats what this is about. Most Americans don't even know what Saddam did, they just know that it was Very Bad Things.
just take him out Mussollini style and bury him in a shallow grave.
