[mlmr]

Actually, I thought they should have shot him on site. A dead Saddam is more valuable than a live Saddam. He is just costing us money and will end up bartered back to his henchmen. As long as he is alive the movement is alive.

[F16Fighter]

"Actually, I thought they should have shot him on site. A dead Saddam is more valuable than a live Saddam...As long as he is alive the movement is alive."

This was my initial reaction as well...

Of course, upon completion of my suggested two-week long "interrogation," anything could have happened, could it have not? ;-)

Apparently, our people believe it was better in the long run to parade a cowardly, pussified Saddam in front of the camera, instead of this supposed "warrior" his supporters thought he was.

They're betting this does more to expose his legend as nothing more than a fraud to demoralize, and thus negating the "movement" instead of turning him into a martyr. It may make more sense.