So far, it appears, the widespread violent reaction which was to be provoked by the death sentence appears not to have occurred.   Protest, yes, but no huge upswing in attacks by Sunnis on Shiites.

The Sunnis actually have more important concerns than the life of their supposed leader, who was not actually not universally beloved even by Sunnis--they, like other Iraqis, were aware they were living in a police state.

Sunnis are actually still far more concerned with 2 huge issues which have been festering for a long time--the fact that they cannot trust the police since the "Iraqi police" is riddled with Shiite militia, and the fact that they need to be guaranteed oil revenue from other areas of Iraq outside the "Sunni area".

On top of this, they, like all Iraqis, are still also concerned about down-to-earth issues like jobs, electricity, water, health care etc.

The fate of Saddam is far down the list.

And if we are concerned about Iraq, the same should be true for us.