We didn't hang any Nazis from lamp post; we captured or killed them and held the Nuremberg Trials.
I used the Sadr-from-a-lamppost thing to illustrate that the people who say "if we only killed him things would get better" are not correct. Killing Zarqawi and Saddam didn't stop the terrorists/insurgents in Iraq. Even killing UBL won't end AQ (although I would do little dancing in the streets). The war against Islam is going to be long and end up brutal. Even after 9/11, we (America) weren't ready for it and still aren't. I cringe every time I hear our generals at a briefing pat themselves on the back for our pinpoint strikes with smart bombs that minimized casualties. You win a war like this like our parents/grandparents won WWII, by saying in effect "f*** ALL the Germans and ALL the Japanese". Hell, my parents still won't buy a Japanese car and it's been over 60 years.