Killing Saddam will only compound his "street cred"

[SoCalDem]

and make him a martyr.

the Milosevic model is the way to go. He was a brutal dictator, but when he was sent to the hague, he was reduced to the status of common criminal. he ended up a sickly, pale, pathetic loser who died alone.

He was there long enough for people who may have supported him. to see what a loser he really was..and to see how he was NOT powerful. They were able to change their hearts about him and his policies..and do it gradually, so that by the time he died, there was no reaction to speak of. he was truly just a "comma"..a nothing..

What we are about to do to Saddam, will only reinforce the division and violence. The Sunnis will see him elevated to "freedom-fighter done wrong" status.

Saudis are Sunni, even though they are a minority in Iraq. Borders there are pretty unguarded, and I suspect that Saddam's death will not go unnoticed.

The internecine violence will only escalate now, and no matter how many "surges" we send there, the result will be the opposite of what Bush claims it will be.