Saddam thanks anti-war demonstrators.
I’ll bet he does.
To be fair, a lot of folks against war in Iraq are certainly not fans of the Baghdad regime. That they think it can be dealt with through Flower Power, further negotiation (over what?), or good vibes is simply an implementation detail, as a senior program analyst I used to know would say.
Of course, Saddam betrayed some of his unintentional irony in his comments.
“They are supporting you because they know that evildoers target Iraq to silence any dissenting voice to their evil and destructive policies,” Saddam told senior military officers and his son Qusay, the commander of the elite Republican Guards.
If that were the case, I’d think that the French and Germans would be more worried.
“Iraq’s cause has become clear…it simply is that Iraqis are in their country while others cross the seas to reach them and tell them ‘we want to share with you your country or we want to be the masters and you the followers’,” Saddam said.
Sort of like Kuwait?
“When a people believe in the justice of its cause, it can stand fast in the face of evil, no matter what equipment or technology it has. This is the lesson that you are teaching the world now,” Saddam said.
Actually, I think he’s right there. Unfortunately, I think he’s got the “face of evil” on the wrong party here.
(via Andrea)