I have a sick feeling in my stomach about this execution. I have had it since the announcement that the execution was going to take place "within 48 hours." It's not that I am sad to see Saddam hang. I'm not. He deserved to hang. What makes me sick is the total disregard for true justice. The Saddam trial wasn't about getting justice for the Iraqi people after 20+ year reign of terror. It was a circus side show to the war. The american puppet government that would fall without american support was urged to put Saddam on trial. The US State department prepared the case. The judges were hand selected. There was only going to be one verdict. Guilty. Everything about the Saddam trial was politically timed. The "verdict" was given 2 days before the election and the execution was performed 3 days before the Dems take over. The execution for some reason was carried out during the holiday season. I know that the Iraqi's are suffering far worse, but it's still disturbing. So much for "Peace on Earth" and looking forward to 2007. 2006 is another year gone by and nothing changes in Iraq.
The US had full control of Saddam. They could have passed him onto the Hague. Saddam would have been found guilty and he would probably have been executed. I would come out of that perfectly content. But Bush and their friends wanted the faux political imagery and manipulation of justice. They got it. Saddam is dead. Justice is dead. And America will always be remembered for the image below.