This, by the way, was partly a battle to save Muslims from Catholic and Christian Orthodox killers. “The neo-cons, or some of them, decided that they would back Clinton when he belatedly decided for Bosnia and Kosovo against Milosevic, and this even though they loathed Clinton, because the battle against religious and ethnic dictatorship in the Balkans took precedence. "Eighth is to talk wildly, without courtesy." This was Saddam's trademark from the first.” "Seventh is to be a malicious liar with a cowardly heart." Here we do not say that Saddam has a cowardly heart, but he lies all the same. "Fifth is to be hesitant and indecisive." And what of his decisive recklessness? "Sixth is to be heavily addicted to wine and sex." Consider the behavior of Saddam's eldest son, Uday, who is known for rape as well as drunkenness. "Fourth is to assess others without assessing oneself." For Saddam, this is a psychological imperative. "Third is to believe slanderers and make friends with the treacherous." His friendship treaty with Moscow and his belief in a Western conspiracy against the Arab world has landed him in a fatal fix.
"Second is to be jealous and envious of the wise and able." In Saddam's many purges the wise and able fell, leaving incompetent lackeys to run the army. "First is to be insatiably greedy." Look at Saddam's personal wealth, his many palaces, to see how closely he fits this description. In Zhuge Liang and Liu Ji's commentaries on Sun Tzu, eight kinds of decadence are listed for generals. As for his military prowess, he cannot hope to win any future war. He is being used by Russia and China and yet, he is not really supported by them. There is no solid thing, no guiding principle other than tyrannical selfishness underlying his state. It is all according to his momentary hopes and fears. He has persecuted Kurds and Shiites, he has invaded Iran and Kuwait. He has opportunistically killed communists.
His policy is not steady, but based on urgently felt desires of the moment. From all we know of his treatment of his own people, military and civilian, he is the perfect picture of the tyrant.
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