Well guess this part of the world will have to wait and see.

A bigger question is, will the violence go up or down upon his death?

How will you be able to tell? :shrug:

CNN reports that Saddam was hung at 9:05pm EST.

I've never been very big on the death penalty. I think it tends to be too easy a way out for most people. It may sound morbid of me, but I honestly don't think the death penalty, at least as it's used in the U.S., is painful enough. It doesn't involve enough suffering. I feel if we're truely punishing someone, they should be made to suffer, and that suffering should be done in prison. That's just my personal view, and it's a harsh one, I know.

However, I believe certain people just shouldn't be allowed to live. Sadam was one of them. Though he didn't experience even a decimal of the suffering he inflicted in his life when he was hung, to keep him alive would have been simply too damn dangerous for too many innocent people. Better that he can't be allowed to hurt anyone now, though doubtless those still loyal to him will hurt enough people for him.

Still. Even as horrible a man he was and as much suffering as he inflicted, I hope he does rest in what peace is available to him. I don't think that will be much, though.

Topped him.

What happened to the others found guilty at the time?

Oldfart, the article I read online said that they've held off on the other executions, not wanting to do them at the same time to make this day memorable. Or something of that sort.

Back to the topic at hand...


I don't like seeing the pics in the media but heard that many Iraqi's don't trust what they are told. I heard that they did not believe Sadam's sons were dead and that was why they released pics of them. Of course I didn't like seeing pics of his victims in the media either.


How do you think this will effect the ability to stabilize things in that area?

I don't think it will impact the stability of the area. That whole place is getting worse and worse. If anything I suspect that a few groups will make a ruckus, but in general it is a symbolic event at best. Hard to say.

I guess that chess is not the only thing the Arabs have taught us. :rolleyes:

Not a bit. The groups that were behind the brutal dictator personified by Saddam Hussein will simply use him as a martyr figure to continue their terrorist activities.

And the groups that are behind the brutal occupation of Iraq will continue to use the terrorist activities as an excuse to further their oppression of the Iraqi populace.

yep :cool:

double yep

His death :nuts:, as well as the whole invasion, has served to stabilize the local economy fosur...











hey the morticians are certainly making a good buck! :rolleyes: