Not arguing with you (I know better) -

The entire world doesn't. No, not every country (the entire world) sees this as a legitimate trial. Some countries do, some don't. Therefore, the entire world doesn't.

Please relax and take a breath before you jump down my throat in the future. Thank you.

I thought I was on ignore. Damn.

Ah, but that would amount to mental torture. So damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I'm not really a proponent of the death penalty, but if anybody deserves it then people like Saddam Hussein do. And regardless of the quality of the trial I don't really harbor any doubt as to his crimes.

It was faster than Pinochet and slower than Ceauşescu.

I would have preferred a more dignified proceeding but that would have required removing him and trying him internationally which wouldn't be great either.

I do think they should have stayed the execution and allowed him to be tried on more charges though. Not necessarily every possible one, but more of them.

I'm still miffed they didn't put it on pay per view :evil:

I don't feel anything different now that he's dead. Wasn't I supposed to feel different?

^No orgasms?

I mean, uh, don't you feel safer?

I don't agree that being removed from society because you have taken the lives of others is mental torture.

And while I'm not exactly shedding tears here, I can't say I feel good either. I don't see that anything was accomplished other than vengeance, and while that might feel good, I suspect the repercussions are going to sour that good feeling pretty quickly. Then we can catch those people and kill them and then others will kill more of ours and the cycle continues ad nausium. Meanwhile, the innocent people in the middle of this mess, keep dying every day. Woo-hoo.

We're going to get to the point eventually to where we've killed more innocent Iraqi's than Saddam. And yet, it is justified because we are trying to help them. Yeah, tell that to the victims families.

Well said, MBC.
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WE? Who is WE MBC?

While I admit that obviously we have had some crimes committed by our military- WE are not over there randomly and flagrantly killing innocent people.

Actually- I would say based on any sources more people are killed by terrorists and insurgents and this in-fighting among the factions there than any WE have killed.

Or maybe you missed that? Is it just easier to blame us?