--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <msilver1951@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Was Saddam Hussein on drugs when he was executed? I thought he > was > > > pretty composed considering a man who was about to be hanged, > arguing > > > with his executioners and the people who witnessed his last > moments. > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > I'm quite sure he was not on drugs -- when a guard praised Moqtada, > > Saddam mocked him, and when the guard said "May God damn you," > Saddam > > said the same to him. He also made the decision not to wear the > hood, > > but accepted the scarf around his neck in order to keep the rope > from > > cutting through his neck after the guards tipped him off to this > > possibility, so he was alert and clearly not doped up. > > In his own mind, he was about to die a martyr. > > Sociopath that he was, he had a very powerful > personality that wouldn't be likely to fall apart > in the face of death. He knew this was the end, > and he was determined to do it well. >
I don't think he was a sociopath, or at least not a full-blown one.
