A Hanging Issue

Depend upon it, sir, for when a man is to hung in a fortnight, it concetrates his mind wonderfully.

So how do you think hanging concentrates the mind of Saddam Hussein, who could hang in two hours instead of two weeks?

Although few people will miss him, the hanging of Saddam Hussein - which, at this writing, may have already happened - is not going to make America safer. It might make Iraq more dangerous for American soldiers, as they will likely get caught in the crossfire between angry Sunnis and boisterously joyful Shiites and Kurds.

Meanwhile, 9/11 killer Osama bin Laden remains at large.