Originally Posted by: GuitarPsyeven more stupid when you consider the fact that the Iraqi tribunal consisted of Shiites (the majority in Iraq and Iran) and then knowing that Saddam Hussein was Sunni. Those two groups already don't get along great.

Especially when you consider all the Shiites Saddam killed.....

I kind of agree with elklander, though. Death does seem like a pretty light sentence for a guy who killed as many people as Saddam Hussein. A more fitting sentence might have been to stick him in a room and gas him. Not to death, just to the point of physical deterioration. And then maybe throw in some old-fashioned torture for good measure.

(I really disagree with torture, but I think in instances of mass, mass, mass murderers, exceptions can be made.)