"70% of Americans "support the idea of a public broadcast of Hussein's execution"?..." This statement in itself is enough, imo, to discret its validity. I don't believe the stat for one moment. We don't even have that percentage of Americans that support the death penalty. Going from supporting the death penalty to wishing to watch an execution is a very big leap indeed.

Keep in mind that if Saddam is executed, the event will most likely be in Iraq- and the Iraqis do not have a tradition of using the needle. That means that the likely means of killing him would be by firing squad, hanging or beheading. Messy. Most of us Americans do not have the stomach for it. Heck, I even avert my eyes in the movies.