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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ilaine who wrote (130120)4/26/2004 1:54:16 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<<<It can't be that hard to convince others to behave abominably. Hitler did it, Stalin did it, Mao did it, Pol Pot did it, on and on.>>>

I wouldn't put Pol Pot in the same category. Compared to the other 3, PP was on a much smaller stage - and much more obscure than the others - besides I don't know much about him and what he did.

WRT Hitler, Stalin, and Mao - They had this in common. They all claimed to have done it for the greater good of their country. They all appealed to their fellow countrymen's patriotic nature. I am pretty sure they tried to hide the atrocieties they were committing.

I don't think they advertised openly that they were going to kill you if you disagreed with their vision of what was patriotic.

My guess is that Saddam Hussein was not in their category because he didn't hide the fact of his brutality. In fact, he wanted you to beleive he was even more butal than he was to gain respect and to keep people in line. That may be why even though he didn't have weapons of mass destruction, he wanted you to think he had. And, that also may be the explaination that when we invaded Iraq, no one there was willing to fight for him.

Being a bad guy is not easy. It takes a lot of effort. It is not that easy to get people to fall in line.
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