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[Mighty Midget]

Discussion. And remember, by chopping off someone's head because you two don't agree only make you look like a fool and... a despot.

I just saw the news, where they said Saddam Hussein has been executed.

A lot of people will agree that he was a despot, first rate, and there is no way you can deny he was responsible for thousands of killings, BUT: Is there more to this hanging than just the "bad guy snuffs it. Hooray!"? Will Iraq become a more peaceful place because of the hanging?

As far as I've gathered, he did not have those weapons he was accused of having, even the US senate is starting to admit that seriously. The UK government seems a bit more hesitating. More and more evidence points toward the possibility that these weapons were nothing but a non-existing excuse to take military actions against the maveric.

Maveric, because in the early days Saddam was the western world's puppet to counter Iran. Without the support from especially the UK and the US governments, Saddam would never got to power in the first place. But apparently, his ego grew out of proportions and he started to bite the hands that fed him.

It hasn't been shown any link between Saddam and the 9/11. There has been shown pictures of Saddam together with Bin Laden, but not a single evidence has been uncovered that Saddam had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks. (AFAIK)

Since it was the western governments that pushed Saddam into power, and their interests remain pretty much the same, personally I'm waiting for Saddam II. It's not about stability on the streets of Baghdad, but about stability on Wall Street. If a despot is what it takes, then a despot is what the western world will allow, as long as it's a western friendly despot.

Saddam will most likely become a martyr, and as long as religion is being used as an arguement for chaos, that is not going to calm things one bit. Now that he is dead, his supporters will use that for all it's worth and fanatics who don't support Saddam will nevertheless use it in their anti-western rhetoric. Another arguement to fire another bullet. Not extremly stabelizing, if you ask me.