I don't really care what holiday it is, where it is or why they celebrate it. This man is evil and he certainly didn't pay any detail to holidays when he executed, killed and murdered people. If he has been found guilty, then let him pay for his crime(s). The world will not stop turning because he is executed, it may very well turn upside down for a bit, but surely we can handle it. Let's move on. Where's BinLaden? His noose is ready also.

Please tell me that the powers that be are sensitive to all people of IRAQ, if they do execute Saddam tomorrow (SAT)that will incite the Sunni's, and with our military and civilians in harms way trying to resolve confilct over there. I personally as an American would find it insensitive to what we are trying to do as well, a slap in the face to the Sunni's and a slap in the face to the Americans. It is after midnight in Baghdad as I write this, unless Saddam has gone to the gallows already and we don't know it then Iraq should wait till after EID for both relgious sects.

I think the people in Iraq have waited long enough to see Saddam pay for his crimes.The sooner they hang him the sooner they can get on with other promblems.

I thought the timing of the execution was to remain a secret until after it had taken place. They could do it whenever they wanted to and lie about when it happened, couldn't they? And I'm curious: what is left to settle? Take care.

Religion in this country also has something to say about whether Saddam lives or dies.

“No ruler should be tried by his own people, especially when they are under occupation by his enemies, governed by rulers allied with his enemies, and thirsty for his blood out of vindictiveness,” said Shams Inati, of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at Villanova University.

However, Abdulaziz Sachedina, Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, said the Quran “shows little tolerance and clemency toward those who engage in taking innocent lives and destroying natural and environmental resources provided for the well being of the people.”

See the comments of 10 ethicists, theolgians and other religion scholars on pages 6-8 of this issue of Vital Theology newsletter:
http://www.vitaltheology.com/archive/VTV3I7.pdf.

So sad that the President of our country has linked the Hanging of Sadam or anyone to success in Iraq. We are truely being a good example of how a society should funtion in the 21st century. An eye for an eye...Why even have our kids go to school, we should teach them to fight with swords and knives and IED's. We will win....just need to kill them all first and the ones that get away , catch them and kill em also. Some day in the future, all American will feel the shame of what this President has done, in the name of America.

the new iraki gov. is not much better than the old one
but I keep forgeting..we are the role model.
I guess that will justify the war.
it is the only thing that is not a lie so far.

I dont think they should hang sadam they should just send Dick Chenney over there and have him shoot him.

I think it’s a bad idea to hang Saddam purely for two reasons firstly because the so called President Bush is against solving problems involving violence and now he is with the idea of hanging in order to start a better life for the Iraqi's. But wait a minute who asked for his help? Millions of Iraqi's wish to have Saddam back simply because people were safer and better than the bloody hell their in now. And secondly we are doing Saddam a favor for hanging him and ending his mental torture, in which he deserves much more for what he has done to his own people where he could've simply helped them thrive. However, everything comes to an end and I guess his time has come.

Who cares if the people get angry, How did our people feel on 9/11???? I regret that I was not the one that could hang him myself_Scott McDonald & Sandra Aldridge

Taking just a small portion of Sadam's historical past to light, any sane person could see that this is a very evil man that has put many to death just because he could. A rather long legal process has come to a close and convicted this evil man to hang to his death for just some of the many crimes he himself commited against humanity. Justice will now be served, once the process to end his life is complete.

Sadam will be gone, and ironically, he died (of) from his own rules and "game"! That's right, he didn't care when killing his people, if it's holiday or not!
Not agree with notion "an eye for an eye" here: we are helping Iraq people to get rid of one dictator. Will they have peace? It's not our concern (really!) but theirs! So "fanatic" with their religion, the basic thing for them should be LIVE IN PEACE first!

I believe anyone who is a witness with their own eyes to crimes against humanity from the likes of Saddam,Hitler or your drive by shooting gangsta would hold an opinion of,"an eye for an eye!" Societies learn by example and a good example is
this: What goes around comes around.

I took a bullet in 91 because this "guy" (haha) took over Kuwait. I say HANG HIM, and HANG HIM HIGH, and thats all I have to say about that! See you in Hell, Saddam!~

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS IN THE DAYS TO FOLLOW THIS EXECUTION! STAY SAFE & STAY STRONG!

One question? If its okay to hang Saddam then is ti okay to hang Bush? Its amazing to me, the leaders of this world are cowards!!! Whats the big diffrence between Bush and Saddam? If its good for the geese then it should be good for the gander!! We are hanging a man for what??? Bush let people die in New Orleans and stood by and did nothing, he is letting our troops die everyday because of a lie. So whats is his punishment?? Saddam had nothing to do with 911, and thats a proven fact. People please open your eyes and stop living in DENIAL. America will never win the war, and I am not a Saddam supporter, but right is right and wrong is wrong!!!
America we are in BIG TROUBLE and WE WILL REAP WHAT WE HAVE SOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could someone explain why a trial was even held for Sadam, afterall it has been voted on that the trial was not done properly. I was guess people do know that. But I would hope Bush is held accountable for his war crimes by allowing the hanging under what has been disclosed. If Clinton were still President this would not have happened. This hanging will solve nothing. I don't believe Sadam had anything to do with 911, the real culprit Osman Bin Laden an ex-CIA trained agent was...how did we get so far off track?

It is over and that is that. I think they should have kept him shackled and in an 8 x 8 cell so everyone could see him. He may have been afraid of death but incareration would have been the ultimate punishment for his type. He is out of his misery now. Since he is dead now, maybe the Iraqis can move on since there is definitely no going back now....

I feel bad for him.
He did everything for the good.
Also nothing is solved now after they killed him.
Actually it's going to be worse.
Bush is dieing for oil.
He thinks now that he killed saddam, the prime minister of iraq will say thanks by giving bush whatever he wants (maybe oil) which is not true.

Hanging Suddam is not going to end the war. If these crimes were done in 1982, why wait so long to bring it to the public eye. Only after we get involved in a war in Iraq makes it important. We seem to be as barbaric as some of the countries we point fingers at.

It's a shame that this country has become so liberal andapathetic that we want to cower to every whiners complaints. If you want to live in America be an american.If you don't like it leave and go back to your own country. Saddam should have been killed in the hole he was found in and all the time and money wasted on trying him would have been saved. If we (the majority) don't stand soon, America will fall to all the whining minorities in our country.

In response to Ted Davis' comment:
I am ashamed of what 'King George' has done, in the name of America, today just as I was when he started the invasion of Iraq.

the man got what he gave to others, he did not respect any holiday before , never respect a religious man, never respect even his own son in law, so why people should bother for him? But executing him will end his misery and that what I did not want. He should be put in a cage in a zoo for the rest of his life....

NOW POEPLE CAN REST AND MOVE ONWITH THEIR LIVES FOR GOOD...NOW WE HAVE TO FIND THAT OTHER CRAZY PSYCHO, OSAMA BIN LADEN...LET'S GET HIM USA!!! HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO ALL THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

One Mass Murderer Down, One More To Go
Now that the U.S has successfully eliminated a tyrant and freed the Iraqi people, it is a ripe moment to show the world that this was truly a mission to liberate the oppressed, and not a war for Iraq's oil resources. To do this, the U.S has to bring down another mass murderer who is still in power but whose country does not have oil reserves. That leader is Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who murdered 22,000 people in the region of Matebeleland between 1983 and 1984. Mugabe is still in power, and continues to commit atrocities as recent as in 2004 where he murdered several white farmers for their land. If you need to read more about the Mugabe atrocities visit www.sokwanele.com, http://UNJobs.org, www.worldnetdaily.com and http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes. If the U.S. removes Mugabe from power, it would prove to the whole world and indeed to other tyrants that their time was up.

Justice delayed would have been justice denied.