Here's my spin....where are the people who said a year ago we would NEVER give the Iraqis their country back? That being said, the handoff is a starting point, that's all. You don't take an infant from his first steps directly to walking a tightrope, do you? These people have been taught to "obey without question" for 25 years and now they have to get used to the concept of having actual ownership in the destiny of their country.
Okay, now the bad news. WTF is anyone thinking by agreeing to hand Saddam Hussein over to the Iraqi interim government? If he actually gets sent over there, Lake Pirate might be right about them being back under the rule of a tyrannical thug because the terrorists will shift their operation 100% to busting him out of jail! This is what we get when people go soft and bleeding hearts have the biggest mouths. This dude should have been tried, convicted and shot within a week of his capture. Instead he's been sitting around eating culturally appropriate meals and writing letters to his family.
And now the scumbags at GTMO have been given the right to their day in OUR courts, even though they don't live here. Thank you, ACLU. You have just single-handedly given terrorism the biggest assist ever. The Supreme Court is out of control when they say "you have the right to apprehend suspected terrorists, but we're not gonna let you." We're DOOMED!