Send in the clowns

Charles Krauthammer is right: the Saddam trial and execution were botched beyond belief.

The Maliki government has to clean up its act if we are going to remain in Iraq- and Moqtada al Sadr needs to be captured or killed. He's the guy really running Iraq right now, and we are not fighting there to replace Saddam with the likes of him.

What the world saw in Saddam's execution was not a monster being brought to justice, but a petty political hit that made the guest of honor a martyr for Iraq's Sunni minority.

Just what we didn't need.

Just what Iraq didn't need.