Quote:Now, do you deny that Saddam Hussein deliberately tried to cause as many deaths as possible, regardless of age, gender, or guilt for anything in Halabja?
Nope not as "many deaths as possible" he only killed his enemy, just as Bush is trying to do, he's on trial, and now its Bush's turn.
Its hard to distinguish between the two.
Similarities between Bush and Hussein
1. They are men, Bush born 1946, Hussein in either 1937 or 1939.
2. They are both presidents at the peak of their career; sooner rather than later, life is likely to go downwards for them.
3. They are likely to be concerned about their image in future history books.
4. They have children and marriages of long duration.
5. They believe in military strength as an important instrument in their exercising power and to achieve their nation's goals. They share the philosophy that "might makes right."
6. They have members of their own family involved in politics and make use of them.
7. They came to power without being democratically elected.
8. They strongly believe that they are themselves Good and that the other represents or is Evil.
9. They believe they have some kind of mission - namely to stand up to or eradicate Evil.
10. They are political fundamentalists in the sense that they believe that they are 100 per cent right and the other 100 per cent wrong, morally and otherwise.
11. They are both deeply religious personalities. Their God is guiding them, and in a crisis this God, and the mission He has handed down to them, becomes even more important.
12. A certain degree of macho attitudes. Saddam Hussein likes to be portrayed as physically strong, athletic and usually handling swords, guns and rifles. Bush doesn't match that but plays on being at the helm of the strongest military power in history.
