Saddam captured

[SteveDallas]

All I could think after I heard this on KYW at 7AM and I was glancing at the Inquirer and the NY Times before I went out was, "damn I bet newspapers hate it when stuff like this happens overnight!"

Originally posted by sycamore

Sycamore's idea that most people will laugh off: An international court under US and UN authority. Cruel tyrant he may have been, he still deserves a fair trial, and I really don't see that happening in Iraq. Maybe I'm not giving Iraqis enough credit to be impartial, but I dunno...

Fuck what Saddam deserves. Everybody else deserves a public accounting for what he's done over the years. For the sake of history, and for the sake of everybody who died under his regime, and for the sake of all the blood and cash that was spilled to bring him in. While a quick bullet through the head would have a certain visceral appeal (says the capital punishment opponent), I don't think it's the right way to go.