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Saddam was found innocent.

however, it's not big surprise that he was found guilty. He's been in prison and "dead or alive" any threat he posed was nullified. The verdict alone won't have an effect.

what will have an effect is the reaction of the Iraqi people and any increase/decrease of violence.

Saddam's verdict alone has the same end effect as bush standing on the USS Lincoln and declaring "mission accomplished". It means nothing if the iraq war isn't over. It means nothing if our troops are not home.

to use a variation of bush's words: Saddam's conviction is a comma in history of the Iraq war