I have long maintained that the description of Sadaam Hussein as the most evil of men is propaganda and an American exaggeration.
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The lies and propaganda about WMD did not stop there, they continued with the exaggerated claims of Sadaam’s cruelty. George Bush has easily outmatched Sadaam in my opinion in terms of callousness, deprivation and brutality. Bush is worse than Sadaam. .
Sadaam Hussein, who was infinitely more beneficial and less brutal to Iraq than any American politician or serviceman, is about to be executed in an American sponsored show trial. A trial that has received surprisingly little news coverage. The reason is probably because there is nothing so dramatic about the charges against him compared to the rhetoric and propaganda leveled against him by the Bush administration. Bush has been very successful in convincing liberals and conservatives alike that Sadaam Hussein was a mad Hitlerian leader bent on world destruction. Many would argue that description more accurately reflects the image of the hallucinatory visions of the U.S. president who claims he is (like the Blues Brothers) on a mission from God. The Blues Brothers was a comedy. The Invasion of Iraq is a real life Tragedy.
I don’t think Americans should judge Sadaam Hussein. They should judge only their own leaders and their own actions. This would be a good first step in leaving the rest of world in peace.
Sadaam spoke at his trial:
“I am not afraid of execution,” the former Iraqi leader said during proceedings, adding that “execution is cheaper than the shoe of an Iraqi
On trial for crimes against humanity, Saddam told the court, “The purpose of this trial is public opinion.” .
He seemed to express an understanding of the pressure that America has brought about in his country and on the people who have succumbed to that pressure when he told the judge:
“When I speak, I speak like your brother,” he said. “Your brother in Iraq and your brother in the nation. I am not afraid of execution. I realize there is pressure on you and I regret that I have to confront one of my sons. But I’m not doing it for myself. I’m doing it for Iraq. I’m not defending myself. But I am defending you.”
When the judge explained that he was ruling in accordance with the law, Saddam replied: “This is a law made by America and does not reflect Iraqi sovereignty.”
He does not sound like a raving madman. He sounds rationale. If there was ever a time for a raving mad man to show how mad he is, it is at the moments just before his execution. But Sadaam has told the judge instead that he regrets the position the judge and those judging him have been put in by the Americans. This is the language of understanding and even forgiveness. Sadaam has always been a rationale man and all of this war could have been avoided by approaching him in a rationale way. But it was not his rationality that was at issue. It was the rationaily (or lack there of) of George Bush
Here at least it seems Sadaam has spoken the truth.
