Judgment at Gilligans Island

Is anyone out there following the Saddam trial? You would think after years of being on Bush the originals case for not getting Saddam and then being on Bush the sequels case for pursuing him, there would be interest in the trial. There isn’t though and for some reason its been tweaking me. Sure MSM has lead with it for the last few days, but it’s always in this sort of sideshow carnival like atmosphere. “Saddam started a rant in court today”, “Saddam insist he will not be tried in a court with no authority”, yadda yadda, yadda. Any coverage seems to linger on these aspects for 90% of the duration with short shrift later being given to some sort of testimony regarding torture. “I watched as he put my son through a meat grinder” is heard in a heavy accent, through an interpreter, without any commentary.

Does it occur to anyone in the press that Saddam is on trial for crimes against humanity? The torture stuff is sort of relevant here. Shouldn’t the torture bits be highlighted a little rather than trying to make Saddam out as some sort of hapless buffoon? Has there ever been a despot hauled in front of a war crimes court that DIDN’T say they felt the court was invalid? Look, this man is not some sort of transplanted Alan Hale skipper from Gilligans Island. This man is a killer of the worst order. I am beginning to resent this attitude that we went to war only to remove a silly fool.