Perhaps we should give him an ASBO (that's an 'Anti-Social Behaviour Order for our American friends)- and then let him off when he breaks the terms of it.

I know, let's let him off altogether - murdering ten of thousands of people isn't so bad - especially if you've had a deprived childhood ... is it?

Then, of course, other World Leaders, I can think of, have murdered/are murdering ten of thousands of people, and many of them got away with it/are getting away with it - so why not Saddam?

Why is it that we only start to seriously agonise about morality when we are considering the fate of power-crazed, genocidal psychopaths rather than when they are slaughtering their victims?