Wait--Saddam is complaining about torture?

You got it. Saddam Hussein, that rambunctious-yet-nicely-dressed Iraqi (who also happens to be a murderous former dictator), keeps getting himself riled up in court. At one point he told the judge to "go to hell," and threatened not to return to the court he complained was unjust. Not that Saddam saw the irony in whining about fair courts. No wonder he doesn't recognize one when he sees one--a fair court in Iraq under Saddam's reign was about as scarce as those WMDs are today.

And yet, amazingly, an even greater irony topped the one I just described.

Saddam, dressed in a dark suit and white shirt and clutching a Quran, complained that he and the seven other defendants were tired and had been deprived of opportunities to shower, have a change of clothes, exercise or go for a smoke.

"This is terrorism," he declared.

That merits repeating: Saddam, complaining of lack of showers, changes of close, excercise, and smoke breaks, whines that he's a victim of terrorism.

Let's send him over to Club Gitmo, whose detainees get all the above and more. I bet the U.S. government would be happy to provide Saddam with one of these to quench the evil dictator's thirst:



Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Club Gitmo, Iraq