How many killers would a killer killer kill, if a killer killer did kill killers?

So Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of killing 148 of his own citizens and sentenced to hanging. I'm not sure I've ever understood the dynamics of capital punishment. Writing "all killers are to be killed" into law might be a good way of whittling the population down to 1, but if that's not our goal, maybe we should avoid the primitive "eye for an eye" mentality. It's capital punishment Saddam is effectively on trial for after all - engaging in a 'pre-emptive' strike against a 148 strong alleged 'terrorist' group plotting his assasination.

Hmm... 'Pre-emptive' - I've heard that before somewhere, but it might be un P.A.T.R.I.O.Tic of me to ask where. Anyway, we've got rid of Saddam now - we just need to "stay the course" until there are no more Iraqis left to kill, and it will be "mission accomplished!". 600,000 Terrorists down, 26 million to go! (Yes, I really am being sarcastic. Can you believe the world has got to the point where you have to emphasise sarcasm?)

Alright enough ranting! Here's the comic!