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Originally posted by astroAPhi
However, I think that no matter which way you view it, I think he is just too dangerous of a man to let live. If he is put to death, yeah, his supporters will get pissed off for a bit, but they'll eventually settle down. If he's put in some sort of prison to rot in the rest of his life, it will be a rallying point for supporters. If he ever managed to escape, I think he'd be even more dangerous because he'd have even more of a grudge against the U.S. (and anyone else who has been involved with the war), and he'd be able to rally even more people to his cause because of his seeming invincibility.
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i think no matter what happens, saddam and any baathist counterparts, or other 'supporters' of his will spin it into some kind of martyrdom. luckily, as we've seen today, i think the great majority of the world can agree that it is a very good thing, regardless of what follows, that he has been captured. also, i think that seeing what saddam has become over the past eight months and his apparent resignation to his capture will hopefully weaken the image that still made people fear the man. this whole situation should be 'interesting' - to put it one way- to watch unfold. supposedly to be tried by a government that doesn't really exist at the moment but that is being guided by mainly the u.s. ... after all, the u.s. has been planning to try saddam and gathering evidence for it for the past year and a half, so there must be a specific plan there. as for him escaping? my money is on the likelihood of an assassination over an escape, the way things work these days.