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Saddam Verdict

Saddam Hussein’s suspiciously timed trial came to an end today with a guilty verdict and a death sentence. Rand Beers, via email, observes: “Everyone agrees that today’s verdict is a good thing. It was important that Saddam be brought to justice and everyone is united in the hope that it doesn’t lead to an increase in violence. What is equally true, however, is that this changes nothing. America is no safer, Iraq is more dangerous and in chaos.” Also in my inbox Harry Reid says “The Iraqis have traded a dictator for chaos. Neither option is acceptable, especially when it is our troops who are caught in the middle.”

I’ll happily agree with all of that. Ahmed Chalabi says everything would have been fine if Bush had just installed him in power and let him run the country. That seems much less true.

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