His only hope of not being executed is trail by an international court. If he gets a trial like that, I'll bet he spends loads of time just talking, Milosovich-style.
Please allow me to take issue with LCrow, on the contention that the left was crying out for Saddam's removal. I don't recall any of that, at least not from the part of lefty-land that I come from. We thought containment was working, and many of us thought that the sanctions were to harsh and too detrimental to the average Iraqis. (By the way, the estimates of Iraqi civilian deaths directly attributed to the sanctions might astound you).
So, I know I was not one of those that complained about the US not "going all the way" to Baghdad during the Gulf war. That was the right wing, I'm pretty sure.
I also disagree about the oil thing. Many of GWB's family, friends, and associates are getting stinking rich from this war, all at US taxpayer's expense. Oil is the crucial product of the region, and the major spoil of this war. The US will now plant three or four permenant military bases in Iraq to insure delivery of the oil to our market.
I'm not saying that oil is the only reason the US is engaged in this endeavour. But, we can't say that Saddam had anything to do with 911, which was given as cause, and we can't say as yet that he held any real threat to us with major weapons, which was also given as cause for attack. If it isn't for oil, then GWB really
is on a crusade to defeat the forces of evil, and we can expect that the US will remain in a continuous state of conflict somewhere on the globe for the next half-century.
Looking at it that way, we should almost hope it's all about oil, and that once Uncle Sam gets his teat, then he'll chill for a spell.
Please read:
http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_dec14.html