Saddam Hussein could have provided irreplaceable help to future historians of the Iran/Iraq war, of the invasion of Kuwait, and of the subsequent era of sanctions culminating in the current invasion.

The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and between Iraqis in general and the American occupation forces.

Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.

Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.

The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.