That brings up a subject I was discussing with some friends the other day.

Since he is being charged with war crimes against his people, I'm assuming it will be Iraq that tries Saddam. So what if the Iraqi courts exonerate him/find him innocent on a technicality/release him for whatever reason and he goes back to living among the populace.

Saddam has a lot of enemies in Iraq, no doubt, but he also has a lot of supporters. Both sides know from experience that there was less crime and that most people were safer under him, in other words, he 'made the trains run on time'.

So let's say that he is reinstalled. QUESTION: Will the USA stand for it?