From ABC News:

Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday on the 17th day of a hunger strike and being fed with a tube, the chief prosecutor said as the former Iraqi leader’s trial nears a verdict that could lead to his hanging.

Isn’t it telling that we live in a world where we’ll force-feed a maniacal, mass-murdering dictator when he doesn’t want to eat and we’ll intentionally starve and dehydrate an innocent woman who may have wanted to live?

I’m not sure why he is being force fed with a tube. Afterall, he has made his advance directives quite clear:

Saddam Hussein reportedly told one of his lawyers he is ready to die in a rare show of personal feelings to the lone female, Shiite attorney on his team.

Maybe it’s time we send Michael Schiavo over to Iraq to represent Saddam’s “final wishes”.