Posted on 10/11/2008 6:58:38 PM PDT by james500
Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shi'ite men and boys in Dujail in 1982. But today, some people in this town on the Tigris say they miss life under the Iraqi dictator because they felt more secure.
Even some of those from Dujail whose family members were murdered and imprisoned during Saddam's iron-fisted rule seemed seduced by the idea of a strong leader after years of chaos, bloodshed and deprivation since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
"If someone like Saddam came back, I'd not only support him, I'd invite him to dinner. My uncle was killed in 1982 in the Dujail incident. Still, life then was a million times better than now," said Saad Mukhlif, a Shi'ite.
Nostalgia for Saddam and his Sunni-led government in this largely Shi'ite town mirrors a country-wide sense of frustration despite a drop in attacks and killings.
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Don’t be scared when a dictator tries to steal power. Be scared when the people clamor for a dictator.
Imagine the steps the Obamanoids are going to take to keep us in line. I see an ugly future for this country.
It’s truly sad when Iraq is doing so well, that Reuters has to dig...COME UP WITH this crap!
I really love a good “I miss the Fuhrer” story! (sniff..)
Some people don’t deserve freedom and I’m afraid there are a bunch of them in the US. They’d rather not do the work that being self sufficient requires.
Perhaps, in 20/20 hindsight we could have made friends with Saddam and sons then and allow him to go on slaughtering his rivals or whoever, helped him to take on our enemy Iran again and pay for it by purchasing oil from him... Hey, he was just torturing and killing potential Shiite terrorists anyway. Saddam was a Suni.
Oh well, we don't get do-overs in this life.
Sure they do.../s
Was it his ten year war with Iran they miss?
or perhaps his mass graves?
I’m glad it’s not just the USA that is filled with complete morons.
Yes, Yes, Saddam made the trains run on time.
OMG! The war is lost!!! Look what we did when we liberated these poor people!!! /s
I am quite sick of these kinds of stories. Any glimmer of Anti-U.S. sentiment that can be exaggerated is a headline for the liberal press.
abc blaming the bird in the cage for flying free from the safe cage.
abc is digusting for promoting slavery.
Let’s not kid ourselves that the Iraqis are in any way grateful to the United States for what we have been doing there for the last 5 years (Kurds excepted).
Have there ever been a less appreciative people than the Iraqis?
That is why Bush has a 23 percent approval rating.
Within a year of our leaving, they will probably get their wish fulfilled. ;-)
Look at name of author, not surprising.
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Oh, freaking puleeeeeeeeze.
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