Should Saddam be tried at the Hague instead?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes. That's where he belongs, a legitimate court and legitimate world body, not this kangaroo court in a nation under military occupation in the middle of civil war.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don't normally approve of the death penalty but his fate ought to have mirrowed that of Romania's Nicolae Ceaucescu, who was dealt with swiftly and effectively

He did get a trial though. One quite similar to this one. Hence the point of it being a kangaroo court. Of course both were obviously guilty anyway, but it would've been more appropiate to deal with them in a more legitimate manner.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh and that sort of weirdness wasn't quite as rare as you might think... the idea of corpses being somehow untouchable is a pretty modern idea.

It's happened in modern times too. After the Duvalier regime was overthrown in Haiti the people dug up the elder Duvalier's body and beat the crap out of it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No.  I wouldn't even give him a trial because it will obviously be a kangeroo court.  Just execute him tomorrow morning.

I agree, Saddam Hussein shoud have been given the Ceaucescu treatment. Why go through all the expense of holding a trial?

Dave

Ceaucescu did have a trial.