or, he is a pacifist that tolerates no warlike aggression and doesn’t really tolerate defense if there can be lawyers and negotiations
Vietnam ended war
If there are islamic reasons for his action, they are secondary
Peace at any price is the primary motivation
Pacifism or Liberalism or Communism or Incompetence; each is invoked to explain Hussein’s actions and words. Each could explain some of these things. One thing that explains ALL his actions and words, is adherence to Islam and determination to promote the Islamization of the world with all his ability and guile. I suspect someone else behind him is responsible for at least some of that ability and guile, his Vizier Jarrette, perhaps.