I read where Saddam Hussein is going on a hunger strike to protest his treatment in Iraqi court. Then again, how could I miss it, given I follow the news fairly regularly and the topic of the hunger strike was the headline. The sad part is, that once again it was the media getting the importance of the story wrong. The important part of the days proceedings had nothing to do with the hunger strike at all, rather it had to do with a former intelligence officer testifying to the crimes of the Hussein regime, and the submission of evidence that included execution orders signed by Saddam himself. Rather than focus on this evidence, we are treated to a story that focused on the defendants behavior and not on the actual trial. Don't believe me? Check the AP account which Yahoo reprinted, the actual mention of the evidence comes 11 paragraphs in.
Far be it from me to get all drastic here, but I have a solution to the problem. The prosecution should ask for a continuance, preferably in the ball park of say, 30 days or so. This would give Saddam ample time to starve himself to death without subjecting the court or the public to his infantile behavior, all the while achieving the same goal as a guilty verdict, one dead Saddam.
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