Saddam says he was tortured by Americans.

While the torture of foreign detainees is emphatically wrong and has been documented within the past few years, I tend not to believe this sudden claim by Hussein at the height of his trial.

The man (if you can call him that) committed countless atrocities against his own people. He repeatedly demonstrated over his decades in power that he would stop at nothing to maintain his power.

The man was a tyrant and a dictator who became adept at manipulating the system for his own personal gain. I fear this may be his latest ploy that will have the unfortunate effect of further tarnishing the image of the United States and our troops abroad.

While I did not support the hypocritical invasion, what's done is done and Hussein is now standing trial for his crimes against humanity, which is a good thing. Now if only Congress and the President had the fortitude to oust every meglomaniacal dictator in the world and hold them accountable for their evil...but we only do that with dictators with whom our elites have personal or familial beefs.

Let's investigate these claims, but also take them from their source.