[Enough is ENOUGH]

The TV Saddam didn't look like Saddam to me for the following reasons:

1) I couldn't find the mole on his cheek which is situated on his left cheek near his left nostril;

2) His hair was too grayish; and

3) the real Saddam would have more fire in his eyes and wouldn't have to read from notes.

[kattracks]

Saddam Hussein as he appeared on Iraqi television on Thursday, left, and in a television broadcast in March

[jtill]

Also, Saddam is a "peacock" and that uniform he had on last night did not fit him correctly - besides, his beret was crooked. The uniform was all bunched up just below the shoulders, as if it was either too big, or he was slouched down in the chair he was sitting in.

Didn't think it was him last night and haven't changed my mind.

[TheHeterodoxConservative]

"3) the real Saddam would have more fire in his eyes and wouldn't have to read from notes."

Excellent point.

I have been thinking that it probably was Saddam, perhaps filmed at an earlier time, until you brought up this point. Now I tend to agree with you.

. . . .unless Saddam was distracted and somewhat shell-shocked because he had just escaped by the skin of his teeth from a bombing that killed his kids.