If this keeps getting dragged on like it's going to take forever to try that excuse-of-a-human being Saddam, the average Iraqi will start losing confidence in the civil judicial system, and start looking toward the mullah-run Islamic Sharia as a "means of justice". That would be dangerous.
My Daughter just came back from Baghdad (in the Army). She said that Iraqis were really focused on the trial. The trial needs to go forward with the evidence of the crimes against his people. The more Saddam asks out in the trial, the more it hurts him.
I think we can look forward to the day when his miserable life comes to an end. Hopefully his case won't end up like Milsovich(SP).
How long has Milosevic been on trial?