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Saturday, December 30, 2006 12:00 AM

Saddam: The death of a dictator

Through the bumbling of the U.S.-backed regime, justice becomes revenge, and a despot becomes a martyr.
By Juan Cole

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  • Friday, December 29, 2006 08:39 PM

    What good could come from Saddam's execution anyway?

    I am not surprised at the mickey mouse antics at the trial, the ineptitude and rancor of the sectarian judges, or the selection of a less-than-strategic choice of case to condemn him for, but I am surprised that his execution comes during a holiday that is sure to seal his label of "martyr" to his fellow Sunnis. Yeesh.

    What possible good could come of this?

    —yuckraker

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