>Brian wrote:
>But the facts of Saddam's
>viciousness, depravity, and guilt are pretty well-established. Insistence on
>a trial, and belief in the guilt of the defendant, aren't mutually
>exclusive.
>
>--why saddam and not the late great idi amin? or pinochet? or suharto? or
>our turkish murderers of kurds?
>
>
Exactly. Why _not_ those other guys? I'm all for throwing them into the
courts, too. (Can't see why you're asking _me_, though...)