Just heard Mark Ginsberg (sp?) on Fox News a little while ago. He was saying that one of the most powerful forces in the Muslim world is humiliation, and that the video showed Saddam, a Sunni, being humiliated by Shi'ites at the beginning of a Sunni feast. His opinion is that because of this, the execution will backfire on Maliki, and by extension, the U.S.
We'll see...
So, did he describe what form this "backfire" will take?
If anyone will receive backlash, it will be al-Sadr, and he deserves it. He spoiled the fun for the Kurds, embarrassed Maliki and other Shias, and humiliated many Sunnis.
He overplayed his hand this time (once again), and one can hope he will pay the bill for all his mischief and mayhem sooner rather than later.
I look at it this way - it can't help. A proper execution - professional, disciplined - would have been alot better then what we saw. and Maliki couldn't even pull that off.
Get real, they will not hate us more than they hate us now because Saddam was executed or because he was mocked by one guard or one witness before he was dead.
PS: Mark Ginsberg is a defeatist who wants us to cut and run from Iraq.
Ginsberg is an idiot. Where was their pride when they were routed twice. The only reason they have any cajones now, is that they know the military is hobbled by left wing PC'ness.