A satisfying conclusion

Saddam Hussein went before a judge today. He'll be back tomorrow for a formal filing of charges, and will apparently be charged with "ordering the 1988 massacres of Kurds, the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war" (shouldn't the Iranians get a crack at him for that?)

While its traditional for unsuccessful ex-dictators to be torn apart by a mob or strung up with piano wire, putting them on trial is a lot more satisfying.