So JFK & the CIA helped Saddam come into power in the Ba'ath Party. Saddam coup happened under Carter's watch. Carter and the Saudis backing Saddam in starting the Iran Iraq war. Now Bush has fixed past democrat mistakes. No wonder liberals complain so much.

"They should show the same restraint for killing Saddam as the murderers showed for killing innocents during Ramadan. Gosh I hope that doesn't upset the Middle eastern version of the KKK".... Let's just pick the most despicable acts by the most deranged, murderous coward, and as long as we clear that bar, we're moral and godly, OK? Gosh, I hope that doesn't offend the US version of the Flat Earthers.

I do not know if most of you know this or not but it was not President Bush who was at the other end of that rope that hung Hussein. Saddam Hussein did that all on his own. And it irritates me the way the American people have no clue to what or how government is ran, our politicians or at least most politicians have very hard decisions to make and sometimes the decisions made are not the best ones but they are the best ones made in time of whatever pressure is put on them at the moment. We are the ones who elected them to represent us so if they make the wrong decision according to you what is that saying about your decision.

Do I feel regret that Saddam is gone ... no, not really. But, do I feel it was justified - no. Killing one does not atone for the loss of family and friends. Like it or not, the Middle Eastern culture does belive in an eye for an eye, and we cannot judge their life rules by our standards. Saddam was a husband, a father, a grandfather ... stop, and think a minute how you would feel were he your family member. I suspect they feel they made the right and truly holy decisions based on their beliefs, they are just different than ours. Isn't there a better way for all of us???

Until we recognize that all killing is wrong, with the only excepting being in the immediate defense of human life, we will continue to hate and seek revenge. Why should we kill others who have killed, only to prove that killing is wrong?

I oppose death penalty.I think only GOD can decide we die.That is so barbaric.

Its a good thing that the Iraq justice system is not like the American system; otherwise, Saddam would have 20 years of appeals and millions spent before he was hanged.

I believe that Saddam got was was coming to him. If history repeats itself, his execution is strikingly similar to the execution of Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Only Louis didnt kill innocent French civilians as Saddam did with the Iraqi people.

I haven't seen Saddam being hung so I don't know if he really did die or it was just for the show and then a group probably smuggled him out of the country where he will stay to his end. If someone would point me to the video showing the real thing, I will believe.

Iraq is atwar with foreigners and not the U. S.
The insurgents will be found to be neighboring countries that don't want to lose their controlling life style over the masses. Iran is not the only one working hard to topple the elected Government. Iraq may survive to be truly free but will need more than the U.S. to npull it off. Hopefully other free countries will rally around their cause.

It's time for us to start practicing forgiveness. The taking of a life by anyone is against God's wishes. We can't continue fighting evil with evil. It's destroying the world. We are living in a chaotic world that will only get worse if we do not change our ways. It's time for all the good people in this world to step up and lead. Let us bring a real lasting peace to this world.

I was disturbed by the video of Saddam's execution. It really showed how primal the middle east actually is. In America, we execute in a "humane" way. It is quiet and sedate. It was disturbing to hear the chanting and yelling that occured prior to the hanging. It just didn't seem right to be heckeling the man when he was taking his last breaths, regardless of who he was.

If one looks at his past one must see that Saddam was probably born to hang and has been heading to this end all of his life. Personally I don't believe that the death penalty is a deterrant to either criminals or tyrants but I will certainly shed no tears for Saddam.
I am concerned that in one video clip of the execution I've seen one can hear the witnesses to the execution chanting "Muqtada...Muqtada...", a clear reference to Muqtada al Sadr the Shiite cleric who seems to running the Iraqi government from behind the scenes. This makes Saddam's execution (Saddam was a Sunni) seem much more like a partisan religious killing than a legitimate Iraqi government sanctioned execution. I suspect this will only serve to more deeply divide an already divided country and will only cause more problems for our military.

How great this is and that is what they should do to all murders. I would like to see them have open hanggins..It just might siop someone from doing this.

Well, about the timing of Saddam Hussein's execution being a religious debate rather than a legal one. It could be seen as both. He has ruined alot of lives. He got what he deserved.

It's odd to me that there are so many negative comments about Bush always tied to Saddam and Iraq!! I agree that things could have been controlled in a different fashion than it has been handled in Iraq. Let us all remember how we all felt on 9/11 and how many and what parties they belonged to voted to go there and have now reneged and criticise and act as if they were never involved in any way just to get elected or make themselves look good at the expense of our troops whom we all should fully support at all times. May it soon end and all return safely home.

just remember sadam got his chemical weapons from the reagan people(rumsfeld skaking sadams hand in the 80's)

RE: Hope Unlimitd Segment
I was deeply touched by the segment i MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, FRIDAY NIGHT, 29th, I hope a larger segment on this work in Brazil can be aired at another time.

Quite honestly, I find it more than a coincidence that this execution comes on the day that the death toll of American soldiers in Iraq will most likely reach 3,000. As I write this (3:30 pm EST), we have lost 2,998 soldiers in Iraq, but the news cycle for this weekend will not be covering the grim milestone of our loss, but rather the death of a despised tyrant.

Was this execution timed to control the newscycle during this weekend when 3,000 of our military families will mourn thier lost loved ones?

Saddam Hussein is dead. There is still time to save the thousands of honorable soldiers destined to be killed in this fiasco of a war, (not to mention the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis being killed each day). Is 3,000 dead not enough?

When does the wake-up call come?

i am not one who likes to see people go or people die but he killed 148 people he will not be missed in any sort of fashion form or way this day should be condsidered a national holiday ..........

During the Gulf War I had signs in the windows of my car advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Unfortunately Bush Sr. didn't do that - and as a result another 180,000 + innocent people died.

Am I happy that Saddam is finally gone? You bet!

My only regret is that neither one of the Bushes did it sooner. I have no doubt that my feelings are shared by millions!

i am appalled at the gall and arrogance and denial that we as americans demonstrate in the trial(sic) and execution of saddam. a good man? no acriminal mind probably, but a piker compared to the criminal minds in the bush cadre.

They should show the same restraint for killing Saddam as the murderers showed for killing innocents during Ramadan. Gosh I hope that doesn't upset the Middle eastern version of the KKK