Cry Me A River

AP: Saddam Trial Resumes, Then Is Postponed---

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed Monday with the former Iraqi president trying to take command of the courtroom and angrily complaining about being shackled and mistreated by "occupiers and invaders."

A former U.S. attorney general sat with the defense team and said it would be "extremely difficult" to get a fair trial. Other defendants spoke out, too, complaining of their treatment in detention or dissatisfaction with their court-appointed counsel.

After a short session in which the first testimony was read into the record, Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin adjourned the trial until Dec. 5 to allow time to find replacements for two defense lawyers who were slain and another who fled Iraq after he was wounded.

Dressed in black trousers and a gray jacket with a white handkerchief in the breast pocket, Saddam was the last of eight defendants to enter the heavily guarded courtroom, walking with a swagger, appearing confident and acknowledging people with the traditional Arabic greeting, "Peace be upon the people of peace." He also carried a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran. (emphasis added)

Bill Clinton knew that trick.

Saddam's just lucky it wasn't "off with his head" immediately after his capture. Certainly, if a regime like his had take his regime's place, he would have been treated to a very painful spell of torture, followed by a horrific death.

He's much luckier than all those people he had tortured, raped, and murdered. No more Hollywood tears. Save your crying for the people he obliterated.