Saddam sentenced to death

[papaspot]

quote:WACO, Texas Nov 5, 2006 (AP)— President Bush said Sunday that Saddam Hussein's conviction was a signature achievement for Iraq's fledgling democracy.

Bush called the verdict "a milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law."

Saddam was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a Shiite town.

"It's a major achievement for Iraq's young democracy and its constitutional government," the president said at the airport before flying to Nebraska and Kansas on a campaign swing for Republican candidates two days before congressional elections.

ABC News

I think this is probably a just sentence but with regard to it being a "milestone" I think what Bush meant to say was that the timing of this might be a milestone for the Republican Party in Tuesday's election.

[DM]

Even if he wasnt responsible for it, I think everyone knew he was going to be sentenced to death.

[sgrizzle]

Now all the major networks scramble to decide how much coverage they give the execution.

[jdb]

Anyone selling "Squares" yet?

[Conan71]

A politician using world events for political gain? Surely you jest. []

[waterboy]

Let's not kick him off the planet yet. Let's be creative. Consider bringing him to the states, doing some serious mind washing, then send him on the evangelist circuit where he can testify to his conversion. Most likely would do some serious damage to the terrorist movement before they hunt him down and do the job for us.