What did Saddam do?

Daz · March 14, 2003, 05:11

I have seen a report from the USA the other day and it got me thinking:

Why exactly do the Americans hate Saddam this much? What exactly has he done to the American people to become the most hated guy in USA?

notyoueither · March 14, 2003, 05:15

He wore white after Labour Day.

AnnC · March 14, 2003, 05:21

Saddam Hussein is not the most hated guy in America, Osama bin Laden is.

However Saddam Hussein is the most hated guy in the White House, very likely it's a personal issue since Saddam tried to assassinate George Bush's father.

notyoueither · March 14, 2003, 05:28

That too.

TheStinger · March 14, 2003, 05:30

Attempting to assisnate your countries head of state is a reasonable reason for dislike

Daz · March 14, 2003, 05:33

Well, AnnC, thats what YOU say. But thats your opinion, and from what I see on the news and what I read on this forums, I tend to disagree.

Daz · March 14, 2003, 05:37

Really. I didnt know. When did this attempted assasination take place? I dont seem to remember anything like that happening

Ramo · March 14, 2003, 05:38

The American people hate him because the media and government [now] focus on his atrocities and hype a non-existent bond with al-Qaeda and potential WMD's, while ignoring more dangerous threats to the US and worse regimes as far as human rights go.

The government hates him because he was our boy and then defied us.

AnnC · March 14, 2003, 05:42

Daz, I'm an American and most of my friends are Americans. And I don't know anybody who harbors a deep personal hatred for Saddam Hussein. We know he's a murderous tyrant, and the world would be better off without his kind, but we don't go apoplectic about it.

However, I know lots of people who would like to see Osama bin Laden hanged and would happily attend his execution.

Saddam tried to have the elder Bush killed when he visited Kuwait in the mid-1990s. Bush the elder was not a head of state at the time of the attempted assissination, he had been out of office for several years.

The Mad Monk · March 14, 2003, 05:42

He is the inconvenient owner of a very convenient territory.

TheStinger · March 14, 2003, 05:47

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Originally posted by AnnC
Daz, I'm an American and most of my friends are Americans. And I don't know anybody who harbors a deep personal hatred for Saddam Hussein. We know he's a murderous tyrant, and the world would be better off without his kind, but we don't go apoplectic about it.

However, I know lots of people who would like to see Osama bin Laden hanged and would happily attend his execution.

Saddam tried to have the elder Bush killed when he visited Kuwait in the mid-1990s. Bush the elder was not a head of state at the time of the attempted assissination, he had been out of office for several years.

Ok attempting to assissinate your ex- head of state is a good reason for a strong dislike.

Daz · March 14, 2003, 06:02

there's convenient thread on this forum named "public person you hate the most". I suggest taking a peek in there for the Saddam hatred thing....

I am aware that not all americans hate him. But nevertheless, many do.

notyoueither · March 14, 2003, 06:10

He has terrible taste in colours. Desert tan, desert tan, deserrt tan. Let's face it, he's gauche.

KrazyHorse · March 14, 2003, 06:11

And that moustache.

The seventies are dead, you know.

notyoueither · March 14, 2003, 06:14

That too.

Urban Ranger · March 14, 2003, 06:15

- Oil
- Water
- Influence

Harovan · March 14, 2003, 06:21

Saddam is a madman and one of the worst dictators alive. If he gets killed or removed from power, the world would be a better place. However, to remove him is not the business of Uncle Sam, but of the Iraqi people, just like the removal of George W. Bush from power is the business of the Americans and nobody else.

Skanky Burns · March 14, 2003, 06:56

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Originally posted by notyoueither
He wore white after Labour Day.

The bastard!

statusperfect · March 14, 2003, 07:11

[notyoueither mode] That too. [/notyoueither mode]

GeneralTacticus · March 14, 2003, 07:20

Quote:

However Saddam Hussein is the most hated guy in the White House, very likely it's a personal issue since Saddam tried to assassinate George Bush's father.

Not to mention his wife.

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Really. I didnt know. When did this attempted assasination take place? I dont seem to remember anything like that happening

When Bush Sr. visited Kuwait around 1993, Saddam was planning on killing him with a car bomb. For one reason or another, it didn't come off.

EDIT: I really need to learn how to type faster without all those spelling mistakes.

Richelieu · March 14, 2003, 08:48

He's an undercover frenchman.

chequita guevara · March 14, 2003, 09:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Daz
I have seen a report from the USA the other day and it got me thinking:

Why exactly do the Americans hate Saddam this much? What exactly has he done to the American people to become the most hated guy in USA?

Because they tell us to hate Saddam, that's all. Americans are sheep. Sheep with guns, but sheep nonetheless. Despite all the bravdo about being individualists, we have an amazing hearding tendency and pretty much do as we are told. Those of us who are real individualists suffer criticism and ostracisation.

We are the most propagandized people on Earth. Even the average Chinese has a much better idea of what's going on in the world than the average American. They just can't talk about it.

chequita guevara · March 14, 2003, 09:35

As for the alleged assasination attempt, an article to which Oerdin linked in my victory thread (attempting to prove that there was a real plot) writes this:

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A senior White House official recently told me that one of the seemingly most persuasive elements of the report had been overstated and was essentially incorrect. And none of the Clinton Administration officials I interviewed over a ten-week period this summer claimed that there was any empirical evidence—a "smoking gun"—directly linking Saddam or any of his senior advisers to the alleged assassination attempt. The case against Iraq was, and remains, circumstantial.

It remains unproven.

Ted Striker · March 14, 2003, 22:51

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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
- Oil
- Water
- Influence

Average American cares nothing about these things.

Boris Godunov · March 14, 2003, 22:57

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
As for the alleged assasination attempt, an article to which Oerdin linked in my victory thread (attempting to prove that there was a real plot) writes this:

Quote:

A senior White House official recently told me that one of the seemingly most persuasive elements of the report had been overstated and was essentially incorrect. And none of the Clinton Administration officials I interviewed over a ten-week period this summer claimed that there was any empirical evidence—a "smoking gun"—directly linking Saddam or any of his senior advisers to the alleged assassination attempt. The case against Iraq was, and remains, circumstantial.

It remains unproven.

I thought that was the article I linked to when I was proving it was unproven?

Joseph · March 14, 2003, 23:41

To answer your question, we the American people have no idea what he has done since he has been in power. We know some of it. Iran war, attack an American Naval Ship in the Gulf 87 USS Stark? Gas both his people and Iran soldiers. If we knew everything he has done, we ourselves might want to go there and put a bullet in his head.
Only BushJr., knows why Saddam is a target now, and he is not telling us why. I mean the real trued.

St Leo · March 15, 2003, 00:44

Bush is stupid. Bush is a representative of Yankistanis. Ergo, Yankistanis are stupid. Ergo, no reason for hatred is needed.

Imran Siddiqui · March 15, 2003, 01:05

Chretin is stupid. Chretin is a representative of Canuckland. Ergo, Canucks are stupid.

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That was fun

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notyoueither · March 15, 2003, 01:06

Only some of them, Imran.

yavoon · March 15, 2003, 01:32

ramo thats ridiculous we aren't ignoring them. we know they are there. this is the typical hypocrisy u find by anti war protestors.

they yell at us for ignoring othe rppl. but would they support us invading them? no. so really all they are practicing is duplicitous arguing tactics to try and make the other side look bad. instead of engaging in any fruitful thot.