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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45327)	12/20/2003 10:27:14 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Zack on Saddam.. Saddam's been captured in Tikrit, which by now is very old news. To be honest I've never really given much thought to the capture of Saddam or Bin Laden in the success of the Gulf or Afghan campaign. However this has been a sweetener and now the vociferous opponents of the Iraq war, after hearing him, will hopefully realise their folly in their earlier attempts at thwarting or criticising the American effort to unseat the tyrant. When we actually hear and see the man, the world will finally understand teh necessity of deposing him. Once his pathological meglomania becomes and apparent and remorse indiscernable then will a collective revulsion arise for this evil, much in the same vein as Stalin or Hitler. I am Surprised though at the lack of Saddam's conviction since it seemed that planned to live in a hole in Tikrit for the rest of his life. Rather than opting for the more noble route of suicide and therefore preserve whatever remained of his integrity, he has allowed himself to be captured and humiliated. Instead of going down fighting, like a Bedouin, he gave up rather cowardly and it means that he has a tremendous love of life (and like the Shah of Iran an acute sense of his destiny) that neither implies a deep Islamic faith or a strong Arab ferocity. It seems that his capture is the first sign that he doesn't live up to the Arab-Muslim ideal that he has consistently whipped up to sway his region's opinion on the American liberation campaign. Zachary Latif 12:03 No Comment. Saddam's been captured in Tikrit, which by now is very old news. To be honest I've never really given much thought to the capture of Saddam or Bin Laden in the success of the Gulf or Afghan campaign. However this has been a sweetener and now the vociferous opponents of the Iraq war, after hearing him, will hopefully realise their folly in their earlier attempts at thwarting or criticising the American effort to unseat the tyrant. When we actually hear and see the man, the world will finally understand teh necessity of deposing him. Once his pathological meglomania becomes and apparent and remorse indiscernable then will a collective revulsion arise for this evil, much in the same vein as Stalin or Hitler. I am Surprised though at the lack of Saddam's conviction since it seemed that planned to live in a hole in Tikrit for the rest of his life. Rather than opting for the more noble route of suicide and therefore preserve whatever remained of his integrity, he has allowed himself to be captured and humiliated. Instead of going down fighting, like a Bedouin, he gave up rather cowardly and it means that he has a tremendous love of life (and like the Shah of Iran an acute sense of his destiny) that neither implies a deep Islamic faith or a strong Arab ferocity. It seems that his capture is the first sign that he doesn't live up to the Arab-Muslim ideal that he has consistently whipped up to sway his region's opinion on the American liberation campaign. Zachary Latif 12:03 No Comment. latif.blogspot.com