Interesting.
The way I look at it is this: Saddam was a murdering dog, and he got what he deserved. The "spectacle" in the video is indeed disgusting and barbaric. The crowd is bloodthirsty, and doesn't look much different than the executioners in the beheading videos. I would have like to have seen something more formal and dispassionate - like the Nuremburg hangings. However, in the big scheme of things, who gives a flying fuck? The guy was scum, let him die a horrible death. I save my sympathy for people who deserve it - like the millions of innocent people murdered, starved to death, or otherwise enslaved and victimized by vile dictators, or children who are raped and murdered, or people killed by drunk drivers, or children who get terrible terminal illnesses, or... etc etc.