The thing of it is, is….

I’m not nearly as hillbilly or jingoistic as one would have to be in order to be hooting and hollering over the hanging of Saddam Hussein. I realize he was a “bad guy” (a relative term if there ever was one) and Iraq may (or may not) be a better place without him but I can’t help but wonder if the average Iraqi would rather have him back in power as opposed to living in the middle of the House That Bush Built. While I’m not completely opposed to the death penalty, you’d have to be an idiot (or President of the U.S.) to think that putting Saddam on trial and hanging him is suddenly going to bring peace to Iraq. Things will get worse, more will die and in two more years those who started this mess will leave Washington and never be held accountable while someone else gets to try and clean up the mess.

In any case, at least Saddam showed he had balls ’till the end. From the New York Times.

One of the guards shouted at Saddam: “You have destroyed us. You have killed us. You have made us live in destitution.”

“God damn you,” responded Saddam.