  Nevermind about Wednesday...we already transferred sovereignty of Iraq back to them. It changes nothing, we still will be occupying, we still be making most of the choices, we will still be the "security" for them, and if they ask us to leave we will laugh at them and tell them to get back to pretending that they are running things. We know that the right-wing nutters will all be out on the talk shows and news shows talking about how smooth it went and how they now have control.
Bush will once again be the "hero". It will look like we caught Hussein in the polls. Bush will receive a bump in the poles but once people realize that there will be continued violence against Iraqis, our troops will still be in the crossfire and many more will die (unfortunately), the beheading will continue. Nothing will change and we will still pretty much be in control...the difference is they have a home grown "hero" that has done a great job in the past working for the CIA.
Oh something that I don't know if I had mentioned before is the situation with the detainees from Afghanistan, and prisoners from Iraq. The Red Cross and several other groups have come out and said that first they should have more access to these folks, but more importantly they need to charge them with a crime, release them, or break international law.
The administration line is that Afghan detainees do not fall under the Geneva Convention because the Taliban never signed onto the treaty, and that Al-Qaida forces are not under them either because they are "enemy combatants" that have practically no rights for anything. Legally they may have a case in some weird way but they painted themselves into a corner on these folks legally. First when a case was brought by a lawyer who could not gain access to his client there as well as take sworn testimony from others.
The military and justice department claimed that because they could not be questioned because of their status and that the supreme court has no jurisdiction over them because they are not in the country. Then they claimed that Gitmo was part of sovereign US territory so certain laws applied. Basically the Administration tried to play both sides...so it is confusing. As for Iraqi prisoners the administration considers the top guys from the Hussein regime as prisoners of war. Well the good ole' Geneva Convention says that once the war is over and all prisoners captured during the war, the winning party or the ones who have custody of the prisoners have to bring charges on these people if they did anything within 90 days or they have to set them loose, or they can break the rules of the treaty which is what they have done.
Hussein has fallen into a limbo situation. He has been in custody for over 90 days, the war is over, and he hasn't been charged or released so keeping him in custody is against international treaties and law. It is claimed that we will not turn him over the Iraqi courts until we can guarantee that he will get a fair trial (hah! yeah right! ) so we still have him. The US government will not turn him over to the international court because during the trial they will be able to indict other big wigs who helped him get weapons or facilitated war crimes (gassing of Kurds and Iranians). So who would that be...hmm Donald Rumsfeld could be charged with crimes against humanity, the late Reagan could have been charged, and many many others high in the government that was in place during the 80's (Papa Bush would also be charged). So world court is a no no...so we have to turn him over the new government there or we have to deal with him.
Oh things are just so fucked up...and if we could actually get Hussein a fair trial it could take down the all mighty neo-cons. Oh and on another note. Hussein, Bin-Laden, Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant...in our court system, in our law, they are all innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. Sure we know Hussein was a bad dude and killed many of his own people...and yes he is guilty as hell, but he still deserves a fair trial. The same with Bin-Laden...we pretty much know he did it and planned it but under our system he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I hate all those people who attack people like me or Michael Moore when we state this point of fact. It doesn't mean that I think they didn't do it, but to serve justice, to be a true democracy, and to follow the law that has been practiced for many many years we must insure they get a fair trial.
It is the American way...if you are out there saying why bother with a trial for these dudes just hang em high...well I hope that you are never caught up in some false charges over killing a little retarded girl. The evidence may point to you but in reality someone else did it, but if you go with the "screw it he's guilty" ideology then the system might go away and you won't get a trial. So as repugnant as it seems these men are still due there basic rights. Peace 
