Considering the bit of opposition to the verdict to hang Saddam, do you predict that they'll actually do it?
924285
Oh yes.  Saddam will be hung, and it will be before the spring of 2007.  Its no longer in America's hands.  The Iraqis have spoken up to their years of abuse and genocide, and Saddam will get what he deserves
829926
lol...not really..i dont think they will do an exception...
601558
The "chop"?  I am not sure I would call the death penalty "the chop".  It sort of says America is all about revenge, which it's not. And that's why I think this was a good verdict: it allowed Moussaoui's due process to run its course (though he still has appeals). He received much more justice than the victims of his co-conspirators.  I think some would say that this guy was so low on the totem pole that we're really looking for a scapegoat. As one of the family members of a 9/11 victim said, we don't really know what was going on in his mind on that day. Is he really more paranoid, more dellusional, as opposed to a true conspirator or mastermind? We don't really know. But he was part of it at least at some levels.  Today he proclaimed "victory" even though he had earlier stated he wanted the death penalty. This alone makes me wonder if he is in the right state of mind.  He wants to be the center of attention and this verdict might finally take away that attention from him.
390736
I would rather not judge. I was not there so i could not say yes or no. If they are guilty then they will be found out.
146890
Hell yeah, they will. There is a huge excess being poured into the unjust war.
993564
i believe they won't, the truth is bitter you know
931445
Yes, he should.\nBut it would have been better if he had pulled a Hitler and killed himself so no one would have to execute him.\n\nAs for Michael K's remarks, they predicted the same thing before Hussein was found guilty, and they were wrong.
800723
I don't personally agree with the death penalty in most cases. In\nSaddam's case, I think for all the deaths that he is personally\nresponsible, it might be justified.  The trial was held in an Iraqi\ncourt, and we have to respect the judgment handed down by\nthe judge, who was doing was based on Iraqi law. You may or may not like the sentencing, but we have to live with it. The free world, outside of the USA, doesn't have the death penalty. Please\nremember that Saddam gassed people to death, and used biological warfare against his own people. I don't like the guy, or\nwhat he did, but I thought the US-led invasion of Iraq was wrong,\nfor one simple premise. You don't meddle in the internal affairs\nof a country, unless you are invited to do so by the majority of\nIraqi citizens. Even though the Shi'ites and Kurds are happy \nSaddam is no longer in power, I doubt most of them are happy to\nsee the presence of US and other foreign troops there, since they\nprobably wanted help to oust Saddam themselves in terms of\nmilitary aid and support.
418400
It may not be perfect but.... If not there then where?  Let these choir boys walk?   Theses are for the most part people dedicated to killing as many Americans in particular and non-fundementalist Muslims in general as possible.\n\nA large percentage of the ones that have been released have been recaptured, killed or detained back in Iraq or Afghanistan fighting again.\n\nThe sooner the bleeding hearts crying for the release of these poor lambs realize they want to kill us, them included, by any means possible the better off we will be.\n\nTry them in our civil court system??  HA!  Look what a multi million dollar circus the Moussaoui trial has been and not near finished yet because it will be ENDLESSLY appealed.\n\nThe next time anyone starts beating their breast and whining about the detainees "civil rights" being violated, refer them to the web sites with the beheadings of the hostages in Iraq and let them see how the rights of the terrorists prisoners are respected while they kick and scream as their heads are sawed off.\n\nSo.... what do I REALLY think??  OK, nail all the cells doors shut and set the place on fire, that would do justice and shut the people up calling for release.  Detainees cases allll closed, next pleeese!
715057
I honestly keep pinching myself to make sure that it is all true. I now fully expect the Democrats to carry on in the vein they have started. \n\nThe contempt with which they describe the administration's policy in Iraq is to be seen to be believed. I expect investigations into all the ambiquous actions of the administration and I expect some of these security, sorry, freedom restricting legislation to be repealed.
813494
I think that the war has evolved into something so different than when it originated, that the majority of Americans could probably care less what happens to Saddam, especially since everyone knew that he was guilty - I mean really, how could the government NOT charge him?  To do so would cause even more anarchy then there already is.  \n\nMy guess is that America is pissed of at enough things run by the government that this verdict will have no effect whatsoever.
1034171
He should execute.\nBut before that I prefer to listening/watching his advocacy about a lot of other subjects including, Iran-Iraq war, His supporters during the war, Chemical weapons that used during the war against Iranian and Iraqis, Slaughter innocent people during his regime, etc.\nThis court is wasting time just for one of his slaughters and I'm worrying about other crimes. It seems they don't want to plead them in the court.
179842
No.  That much is obvious at this point.  It will be a war in the end, I fear, The majority will win but it will be a bloodbath with many innocents losing their lives in the process.
213051
no one unfortunately! i'm from bosnia, and i know what they did, but i'm affraid they will get out unpunished
924698
They have not released nearly enough of the information about what goes on there to make a reasonable assessment of either side's case.\n\nThe court system is not similar to the US's system.  The lawyers and judges are primarily French-schooled and Iraqi law is modeled after France's system.  They do not have the same burden of proof to meet hat the US has.\n\nAnd capital punishment is revenge.  That is the only purpose behind it, capital punishment does not serve as a deterrent, and the victim is not likely to learn anything from it.  Capital punishment is pure revenge, plain and simple.  So by executing Saddam revenge would be the only reason and only result.
936911
Personally I would agree, we're just giving the old fool precisely what he wants anyway (he does want death but by firing squad, not hanging).\n\nI would prefer that they sentence him to life in Abu Gharaib or permanent confinement in a spider hole, anything that will make him beg for a death that will never come.\n\nBut in the final analysis, we do not have that power. Only those judges or the Iraqi people can really decide what to do with him (and for the most part they want him dead).
699945
It depends on Who would do the arrest, Who would make the judgment and Who would execute the decisions!\n\nWhy an I asking? Because the results greatly depend on the above!