[smith288]

"We refused to hold onto power if that meant submitting to the American threats. They wanted to occupy us without a fight and destroy our pride."

Ummm...Am I clueless about this quote because im western?

[Magnolia]

"We refused to hold onto power if that meant submitting to the American threats. They wanted to occupy us without a fight and destroy our pride."

Ummm...Am I clueless about this quote because im western?

You're not alone. I think this statement is what we westerners call an oxymoron with emphasis on the MORON.

[dogbyte12]

Here is what Saddam/imposter is trying to say (IMHO).

We could have stayed in power if we caved in and became George W.'s Cabana boy, but we were too burly and macho to do that, so we fought honorably and lost, rather than to submit to staying in power under the conditions of the great Satan.

[WOSG]

"We refused to hold onto power if that meant submitting to the American threats."

This nonsensical quote reminds me of the taliban claiming their collapse and escape in the hills was a part of their "strategy" to destroy our willpower.

Self-delusional pride is all. "We are no retreating, we are attacking the rear!"