Saddam's hanging

Saddam may have been found guilty of crimes against humanity, but must he be killed that way? We are already in the 21st century, but he was sentenced in a 12th century style. Who is more barbaric now? And why so swift a hanging? In most modern societies, hanging does not take place even in 10 or 20 yrs. A Japanese cult leader (AUm-san something) accused of mass murdering a people in a TOkyo subway by sarin gas more than a decade ago, is still up and about today, despite having been death-sentenced. In the US, many inmates sit in deathrows awaiting their executions for many years now. WHy was Saddam not accorded the same privilege of waiting? George BUsh made sure that Saddam gets punishment--and swift-- for his pro-killing policies during his reign. How about Bush's causing of the killing of many innocent Iraqis and US soldiers over his flimsy, shallow, non-existent "weapons of mass destruction" excuse? Must he not be tried for that as well?