--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/2/07 12:22:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > At the very least, we can say Saddam was misguided, or went astray. > He had his own intepretation of his Muslim faith. He apparently > believed that the end justifies the means. > > This failure to make the right choice of actions is the main cause to > all of the problems today, specifically those that are related to > religion and dogmas. > > The initial failure may start on a personal basis, such as verbal > criticisms or hatred. If not caught early this error can snowball > into a full scale war resulting in the deaths of many lives, as we > see in Iraq and Afghanistan today. > > > > This is really really putting it mildly. Saddam's own mother tried to abort > him. He grew up murdering people and associating with murderers. He was > involved in assassination attempts and once he seized power he killed those > he > didn't trust.< There is no comparison to the wars he started and the current > wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Saddam's war with Iran started over an oil rich > > strip of land he wanted and millions died for it. His war with the > U.N.coalition, was over his attempt to annex a sovereign, oil rich country, > Kuwait. > Saddam killed via murder, war, and genocide for his own personal power and > glory. >
Yet he still maintained some degree of family ties. He was no doubt pathological in many ways, but was NOT non-functional in Society.
