[Snowy]

I'm just wondering why the Iraqi people didn't rise up against Saddam and his henchmen. I obviously don't understand their mindset over there. Sitting quietly while my child or children are in jail would not happen.

[cyncooper]

I'm just wondering why the Iraqi people didn't rise up against Saddam and his henchmen.

Look at the fight our troops have on their hands, with all of their equipment and weapons. It is going quickly for us, but there were thousands supporting the evil Saddam. True, perhaps in the very, very early years of his rule he could have been over-thrown more easily, but the old frog in water and setting it to boil story comes to mind.

One hopes their plight will serve as a lesson to other countries who have such a despot rise to power, but some in the media are doing their best to minimize and rationalize, which tamps down the spreading of the story.

Thank goodness, the story is coming out in all its ugliness.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Because they'd lose badly.

[algol]

Some tried.

They suffered horribly.

[Luna]

I'm just wondering why the Iraqi people didn't rise up against Saddam and his henchmen.

Just something to think about: Why didn't the Jews rise up against Hitler and his Nazi regime?

We have no idea what it's like to live under a dictator like Saddam, nor the fear that such a dictator puts into the hearts of his people. Perhaps the people just became apathetic after so many years of tryanny. Who knows?