So, why do we hate Sadaam so much? I suggest, that the reason he is so greatly vilified is because our politicians need someone to shift the medias attention onto when affaires get a bit tricky at home. In 1993, when it was discovered, on the 22nd June that John Major’s government had links to Asil Nadir, a man wanted on 13 counts of fraud worldwide, things looked bleak for the government. However two days later when John Major himself was about to be investigated, Britain and America announced that they had found new evidence linking Sadaam Hussein to chemical weapons and began to bomb him without UN permission. And now, in 2002, the stock markets were looking bad, people were complaining about the NHS, and what do you know. Tony Blair And George “W” decide that although they’ve known about Sadaam’s weapons for a long time now would be a perfect time to bring them to everyone’s attention. Soon all unwanted articles are pushed off the front pages into obscurity and then forgotten.
A lot of people seem to think that Sadaam Hussain is an evil dictator who is a tyrant and a torturer of his people. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Since he became Iraqi leader in 1979 the size of its economy has grown by 20%, a large increase if compared to other Middle Eastern countries. Far from starving his people, UN aid, both in money and food has tripled in Sadaam’s leadership spell, as well as the amount of oil exported. During his time as the leader of his people, their population has increased steadily, their standard of living has improved and according to UN doctors allowed into Iraq in 96’ they all “did not show signs of major duress”.
So gentlemen, I put it to you that all Sadaam Hussein has done in his spell as Iraqi leader is to improve his populations standard of living, make sure the economy is in a healthy state and rule by democracy, need I remind you he was voted in, after a 1995 election. He has done nothing wrong and the only reason he seems to be vilified is that he is Britain and America’s way to deflect attention from crises at home. But is being a scapegoat a crime?
All in all, Sadaam is a kind, caring leader, who has always had the best interests of his people at heart and has just fallen victim to US and British scare mongering in an attempt to get themselves out of trouble. Sadaam is not evil, in fact he is not even a tyrant and if people left him to get on with running his country the world would be a much better place.
