Saddam, an insider perspective. (moved from ATSNN)

Alot of us see Saddam as a horifying monster that ruled Iraq with an Iron fist, who was as ruthless with his own people as with Iraq's enemies, stopping at nothing to get his will across. This MSNBC story derived from an interview 'Today' show host Matt Lauer had with some of the Marines that guarded Saddam in jail.



Seems Saddam as a person isn't as bad as he seems to be.
Just like, most likely, President Bush isn't as bad and dumb as he seems to be to alot of people all over the world.

The quote about:

“Towards the end he was saying that he doesn’t hold any hard feelings and he just wanted to talk to Bush, to make friends with him,” O’Shea, of Minooka, Pa., told the magazine.
A third soldier, Spc. Jesse Dawson, quoted Saddam as saying of Bush, “‘He knows I have nothing, no mass weapons. He knows he’ll never find them.”’

would make one wonder. Does he mean with "he knows he'll never find them" as they are effectivly destroyed? Or exported? Or that well hidden?

Alot of questions remain about the Iraq situation imho. Questions that will most likely never be answered.
To the outside world, Saddam will be depicted to be the boogyman that had to and was taken down, yet, seeing him in a more private setting with no press or interogators in his face, Saddam sings a very different tune then we're used to.

He may be meek and mild now that he is in prison and has all his power taken away...but that does not excuse him for being the ruthless dictator that he was.

Sensfan: Noone is excusing him.
I personaly think its important that people are shown in different daylights from time to time, to make sure people remember, that nomatter what the fight is about, we're still dealing with human beings.

Its easy to show only the worst of someone, that way they hate or like him just as much as you want.
Giving them a broader scope of who the person is, gives them at least some ability to make a clear judgement by themselves, instead of following whatever junk is shoved down their throats by their respective goverments.

[edit on 20-6-2005 by thematrix]

well you got saddam the personal man and then you got saddam the italian suit wearing gangster dictator who has thrown men into acid baths and been amazed at how they dissolved.