--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > <jstein@> 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. > > Really? Why not? What's your take on him. >
He had some concept of family ties, for example...
