Sunday, December 14, 2003

Gottim!

I'm not remotely sorry to hear that the former Iraqi dictator has been caught. If anything, I'm a little surprised, though, as I tended to assume that if they did find him, he'd most likely be shot whilst "resisting" arrest.

I think that Saddam's capture does raise a couple of very important points:

1. What will happen to him? Reports seem to be saying that he will be tried by the Iraqis. This seems the best outcome and must be preferable to some long drawn-out spectacle of trial in America for example.

2. The future of the country. I'm not naive enough to think that everything will magically and suddenly settle down in Iraq. However, it's definitely needful that governance of the country is returned to its people as soon as is practical.