Originally Posted by Bert X

When they execute him, they will turn him into a martyr for the disaffected arab world for the next 100 years.

Saddam is shrewdly playing politics from his seat at the defense table now.

Someday, the Iraqis will erect a monument on his tomb if we kill him.

What's his defense? "These people were a threat to my country, I took pre-emptive actions against them in the name of law and order and safety of my people." He'll shove George Bush's words down his own throat.

Further, this kangaroo court we're holding in Baghdad....... if we were going to try him anywhere, it should have been before a world body, not the "new government of Iraq" which the arab world (and the rest of it too) knows is merely a proxy for the United States.