[daybreakcoming]

Iraqis didn't hate everything about Saddam. They appreciated what he did for Iraq's place in the world. They were proud to be Iraqis because of Saddam. They didn't care for the terror tactics of the Ba'athists, but that's how they kept dissenters at bay.

You certainly attempt to paint all Iraqis with the same brush. Ask the Iraqi ghosts and their survivors from the mass graves if they hated anything about Saddam. Ask the ghosts of the shredders and their surviving families if they hated anything about Saddam. Ask the young victims of the rape rooms, ask the people who had their tongues cut out, their ears cut off how they felt about Saddam. Sadaam ruled the Ba'athists who did nothing without approval from him.

I am stuned at posting to another FReeper who is defending Sadaam's rule.

[GraniteStateConservative]

The flag in the background is almost identical to the one that flew every day of Saddam's tenure as Iraq's despot. You'd think that such a flag would be burned and pissed on and buried never to be seen again. It wasn't, though. That says something about the Iraqis and how they feel about the Ba'athist revolution.

I did not defend Saddam's rule at all. I have no idea why you suggested that. I was only saying that the Iraqis don't view that period of their history as wholly worth forgetting, because they allow this flag to fly today.