Tzar
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I watched Saddam's interview on CBS. After all the demonization that has been going on about him, I was almost disappointed to see that he does not look so threatening in his classy Western business suit
Seriously, his views were hardly surprising at all. Still, he's smarter than his simplistic and propagandist antics would have us believe. I was surprised to see that this guy understands and reads English very well, although he refused to say anything in English. The fact that he was listening carefully to the English interpreter and even corrected the guy in mid-sentence regarding Bush senior was funny.
In the end, Saddam is a bloody brutal dictator, but he is no dumb fool. He has managed to survive all his life.
I really wonder how he intends to get out of the impossible situation he's in. I guess he probably knows that his last hour might be coming fast. I really don't expect him to get captured or to surrender. Violent people like him, who have lived violent lives, usually perish violently too. Suicide with a bullet through the head in his presidential palace, like Hitler did, would probably fit the psychic caracter of the guy.
Seriously, his views were hardly surprising at all. Still, he's smarter than his simplistic and propagandist antics would have us believe. I was surprised to see that this guy understands and reads English very well, although he refused to say anything in English. The fact that he was listening carefully to the English interpreter and even corrected the guy in mid-sentence regarding Bush senior was funny.
In the end, Saddam is a bloody brutal dictator, but he is no dumb fool. He has managed to survive all his life.
I really wonder how he intends to get out of the impossible situation he's in. I guess he probably knows that his last hour might be coming fast. I really don't expect him to get captured or to surrender. Violent people like him, who have lived violent lives, usually perish violently too. Suicide with a bullet through the head in his presidential palace, like Hitler did, would probably fit the psychic caracter of the guy.