Saddam's fair trial

Over in the new peaceful democracy, the people can see justice being done:

Obeidi is the third defence lawyer for Saddam to be killed since his trial for crimes against humanity opened in October.

The thing about show trials is they can actually make things worse for the victors. A bullet might have been easier for everyone under the circumstances. Pretending there is rule of law when there isn't merely demeans the rule of law.

Like the way false representations of legality made prior to the attack on Iraq have completely undermined the international legal system.