the news that saddam is being sentenced to the death did not come much as a suprise than the timing of the event. Saddam was captured on Sunday, December 14, 2003, and it has been almost 3 years since that event, that is enough time to sentence that murderer. Now that the election looming and GOP is lagging in the race primarily because of the situation in Iraq, there is more than a coincidence of the timing of the sentence.