Lot's of people are upset about the hanging of Saddam Hussein. Most of them come from the left of the political spectrum. I understand that many of them are opposed to the death penalty for anyone. I can't help but wonder where they were when Saddam was summarily murdering people he didn't like. Often he had women and small children shot. The left didn't make much noise about what Saddam did. One explanation for why the Iraqi's were in a rush to hand Saddam is that his 70th birthday is in April, and it is against Iraqi law to carry out a death sentence against anyone over 70. That makes more sense than other reasons I've heard, such as Bush didn't want him around to testify when Bush is tried for war crimes. That one is a liberal dream I suppose.