Shimrod took the words out of my mouth: "Unfortunately, I suspect that Saddam's death has very little to do with justice (although I believe that he richly deserved to die).   I think that he was swiftly dispatched because he knew too much and because he was a puppet of external forces who had outlived his usefulness."

There have been reports that Saddam was offering to spill the beans on his connections to GHW Bush et al.   Can't have that, can we?