Countless media hours will be spent hashing out what kind of trial Saddam Hussein should receive. Who will conduct it? What will the rules be? And on and on.
Don’t get me wrong–those are important issues, particularly for those responsible for running the trial. But as a practical matter, we already know what the trial is going to show–the only issue is what punishment Saddam will receive.
You know, if we put as much effort into discussing our own rights as we spend debating Saddam’s legal standing, we wouldn’t have things like the Patriot Act hanging over our heads.