So, Saddam was executed. How much does it matter? Politically he was dead long before he was even caught. How many lives has it saved? Does Iraq have a more secure government? Do the Iraqi's have more security? How much money has America saved? Do the relatives of his victims feel better now, vindicated even?
Now we have a video released to show us how horribly the whole thing was carried out and surprise surprise, there is a rush to condemn the way it was done. In fact, I burst out laughing when I watched that military spokesman clamour at the news conference to explain that it was all the fault of the Iraqi's. What a joke!
Personally, I don't believe that any one has a right to sentence any one to death, regardless of their crimes and so I believe Saddam should have not been executed. The whole process that lead to the comedy that was his execution was a joke. There was an extreme bias in the trial from the outset and therefore, his trial should have been held at the Hague, just like Slobodan Milosevic's trial was.
Regardless of how the entire process from his capture to his execution was handled, nothing has changed and so, his execution really does not matter.
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