Hitler Incarnate:Zachary Latif 19:21
The analogies between Saddam and Hitler aren't farfetched especially with the genocide of the Marsh Arabs. Their persecution under Saddam is akin to that endured by the Gypsies (Romanies) under Hitler. Like the Gypsies the Marsh Arabs have traditionally existed on the fringe of society and were ostracised for their "foreign origins". In both instances the overt animosity eventually culminated in a systematic extermination of the Marsh Arabs way of life through the drainage of their historic marshes and the replacement with barren desert.
Saddam is a modern day Hitler, indeed the only difference between the two was that Saddam's successes in the Gulf War were reversed within a year. Considering his genocidal treatment of ethnic minorities it would not have been unlikely that Saddam may have gone so far as to setup extermination camps, as in Auschwitz, had not international outcry prevented him from doing so.
Saddam's men have gone so far to hijack children in order to coerce their male relatives to enlist in the armies of the oppressive regime. This seems to be practise in the war-torn city An-Najaf, the second holiest city in Shi'ism, and it's no surprise Saddam's finding it hard to recruit decent troops from that city. Shi'ites will no longer rally to Saddam since it was during his regime that the holy sites of Kerbala and Najaf have been wilfully desecrated. Hopefully Imam Husayn's tragic death, because of his desertion by the antecedents of the Iraqi Shi'ites, and 13,220 days of mourning since (the first ten days of the month of Muharram is reserved in the enactment and atonement for his death and that of the other Imams) has taught the Sh'ites of Iraq that at the moment of truth they must not fail to remain true to the tenets of their faith and fight for the bearers of freedom. Rumsfeld is hoping the Shi'ites of the south continue their rebellion and I too hope that they will rise up in protest for their culture and the survival of their sect.
He ordered the cut-off of electricity and water, necessary supplies, to Basra after its capitulation to the liberation forces. His Nazi traits are all too evidence when he would rather starve his people then allow their liberation (in the same vein Hitler was of two minds whether to raze Paris when it seemed likely to fall into Allied hands). The Anglo-American upholders of global order are perennially faced with threats to civilisation, whether they be ideologues or demagogues. Hitler was a threat and needed to be removed from power, and now in the dawn of the new millennia civilisation must be safeguarded through unseating Saddam. Lives will be lost no doubt nevertheless at the cost of his intransigence.
Saddam reveals his Weapons of Mass Destruction with a volley of Scuds to Kuwait. Kuwait reassures its expat community there is noting to fear. And as stated before the barbarians don't know the meaning of the word, "amnesty" and human rights.
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