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You have a great handle. Is this the same Jesus who said love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you? The Jesus who told the Pharisees that they neglected the weightier things of the Law like mercy and forgiveness.

Now I fully expect that Saddam will face a firing sqaud and so he should. I expect though that this is the Cardinals poor atemept at showing the above and feeling sad that anyone would live such a terrible life that they are going to spend eternity in hell.

His criticism of the US for showing Saddam is rediculous as those images served the purpose of driving fear from those poor souls who have suffered so much under this evil man

Is this the same Jesus who said love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you?

And so you should, if you are a Christian and Saddam Hussein personally trspassed against you.

But for those of us watching from the US this isn't a personal matter in God's realm, but a national and international matter in Caesar's realm. Saddam has committed gross and terrible crimes against millions of people. He is fit to receive Caesar's justice. Christian compassion simply doesn't enter into it.