Opaque Lucidity

Hostile Defendant

Saddam Hussein says that he will not attend his own trial on Wednesday. I don't know if that means he will come back on Thursday or not. He also said that being deprived of smoke breaks is "terrorism." Hey, he should know.

I think we need to give the guy a break. If he says this court is unjust, then we need to listen to him. If he wants a fair trial unencumbered by American influence, he should get one.

Let's turn him over to the parents of the children who were imprisoned by his ruthless regime. Maybe we'll hand him over to the Kurds. I think there'd be fairness though, don't you? Then, when they're done with him, we'll feed him to Uday's lions, just like in the good ol' days.

Seriously, I am afraid that he may somehow survive this trial. If only he had put up a fight in that hole...a bullet would've been judge, jury and executioner. And we'd all be better off.