Saddam one the worst mass murderers in history is dead and at the end that is what matters. Do you really believe that the Sunni Arabs and Saddam loyalists will be less angry if one witness or guard did not have fighting words with Saddam before he got hanged? You need to get real and stop being obsessed with superfacial stuff.
"Do you really believe that the Sunni Arabs and Saddam loyalists will be less angry if one witness or guard did not have fighting words with Saddam before he got hanged?"
That's a good point. Do you think the execution on Id has any effect at all? I don't think so but you really know that part of the world.
yes, its superficial, and it in no way has any bearing on whether saddam got what he deserved - he did.
but it does matter with respect to the nation building going on in iraq - the Sunni minority can't feel as if some Sadr mob "lynched" Saddam, it needed to appear as if a government did it. They failed to convey that message with this "leaked" video. At least the US acted fast to make sure the body was properly handled.
Actually, I'm RELIEVED that Saddam is dead, even if the execution wasn't done as "professionally" as we might have hoped. My fear was that once he was handed over to the Iraqis, there might be some loyalists who would spring him, and everyone would be back to square one. At least now, with the Unholy Trinity of Saddam, Uday, and Qusay all being dead, there's no chance of them coming back to power. That should erase that particular fear from among the majority of the populace.