I would like to applaud the conviction of the Butcher of Baghdad Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity. However I disagree with the Iraqi court’s decision to sentence him to death by hanging as such a tariff makes the court no better than the man himself.
As the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell was correct to note on Radio Four's The World This Weekend yesterday, the execution of Saddam Hussein would only make him a martyr and martyrs can never be silenced. I also disagree with the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague's comment about Saddam being more dangerous alive than dead (Mr. Hague is known for his enthusiasm for capital punishment) as for all his bravado, Saddam is a political has-been, a pathetic figure who has blundered his way from one disaster to another.
The tyrant should be just left to rot to death in jail to deny his ego the satisfaction of martyrdom!
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