I'm not a big fan of the pontifications of Christopher Hitchens. I think they're often contrarian for the sake of snobbishness and attention-getting. But unlike so many people penning essays on the situation in Iraq, the man at least mingles with the people he writes about and is willing (too eager, perhaps) to voice an unpopular viewpoint. So I think his view of the Saddam Hussein execution is worth a read. And not that the two deaths were even remotely in the same category but his writing about the death of Gerald Ford said some things that are worth consideration, as well.