Why Saddam Doesn't Need a Fair Trial.

First of all, he isn't going to get one anyway, so this is all moot. But he really is the only person on the planet who does not need a fair trial. That's not so much because we already know he is guilty, but because it could confuse things real bad. He doesn't really need to have to sit and watch as grim survivors, or relatives, or friends of victims come and stand just a few meters before his face and recite in stark and bloody detail some of those things that happened at his beck and call. They may need to come and let the rest of the world know what he did and how badly that hurt them but he doesn’t need that. Other would-be Saddams might profit from seeing a fair trial take place like this, but Saddam doesn’t need it.

Other nations don’t need for Saddam to go on a real trial either. That could be embarrassing to some of them. What about other Arab nations? Think of them. They don’t want to have Saddam implicate them in anything messy. Israel probably won’t care, but Britain might just as soon see Saddam’s lips sealed forever. Russia might have more than a few concerns.

What we can do is to charge him with a “small” crime, and convict him of that and then go and kill him. That way we won’t have to get into “confusing issues”. Like – was it true that he ever did have WMD? Did he REALLY have chemical and bio-warfare weapons? Hmmm, wonder where did he get the chemicals and his starter kits? Did he REALLY buy them from American chemical, fertilizer or pesticide companies? Did Don Rumsfeld REALLY help him with this? Did he REALLY have communications with Dick Cheney, back then? Did he have REALLY help from the Bush family?

Obviously we can’t let Saddam have a chance to present evidence too.  That's why we all know intuitively that he will never get the fair trial that really is rightfully OURS. We can only stand just so much Shock And Awe.