The Communicator in Chief reassured the world that the trial and subsequent execution of Saddam was both fair and just.
Today, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.
Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister ordered an investigation Tuesday into Saddam Hussein's execution to try to uncover who taunted the former dictator in the last minutes of his life, and who leaked inflammatory footage taken by camera phone of the hanging.
The unofficial video, on which at least one person is heard shouting ''To hell!'' at the deposed president and Saddam is heard exchanging insults with his executioners, dealt a blow to Iraq's efforts to prove it was a neutral enforcer of the law.
Ah, blossoming democracies. So precious, so fragile, so adorable as they look up at you with their wide innocent eyes and coo. It's such a blessing to see all the best aspects of what makes America great being passed on to those forced to endure senseless slaughters, staged monkey trials and worst of all, torture. Just makes you want to hug em, squeeze em and send in more troops, don't it?