I was asking if this trial is being seen by the world (and these venerable boards) as being legitimate or a farce?

Is a puppet court Kangarooing here to support a death penalty, will a dream team of international lawyers decend on Iraq to defend Saddam, and what would be the outcome if he were to be set free.

Your post says it would be a slap in the face for Bush. How can you say this on one hand and on the other state it would be up to the Iraqi people to decide his fate? This is inconsistent.

If Bush's ego demands the death of Saddam, then the trial is a sham and the verdict pre-determined.

That's the reference to "Alice" in which the Queen says, "off with his head, then we will have the trial."

Publius