[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by steeljack

I find the public airing of the execution a poor reflection the "democratically' elected Govt. we installed and proping up, seems to me we have gone from one bunch of thugs to another

They are now saying that the execution was not carried out by officials but by Saddam's enemies who had forced the officials out of the way and taken over. The problem is that there cannot be a democracy where certain sections of the population believe that other sections of the population could never represent them. Looking at the violence out there now it's perhaps understandable when someone rules by force. I'm not saying it's right. I'm just saying you can see why it happens.

The 'democratically elected' leader sounds like he's had enough.