Hussein used rape rooms, torture cells and brutal killing techniques all aimed to control and manipulate the populous. No different than those used by ISIS. He simply did it for a more secular power than the religious ISIS.
“What’s the difference dead is dead.”
Oh, so now nothing else you said before matters? Okay, let’s talk about the dead. How many more millions would die if ISIS were left in charge of Iraq for as many years as Hussein was? One million? Five? Ten? Compared to ISIS, Hussein was a piker except for the war with Iran. ISIS will kill as many people as humanly possible. Hussein only killed as many people as his twisted mind viewed as necessary.
“The difference between Bathist political philosophy and islamist religious philosophy is irrelevant to those who bear the brunt of the violence.”
Absolutely true. . . except for one thing. Islamist philosophy necessitates the killing or oppression of billions of people in this world. Bathist political philosophy doesn’t. The Bathist party had Christian members. How many Christians are members of ISIS? Oh, that’s right! That’s IMPOSSIBLE.
“Hussein used rape rooms, torture cells and brutal killing techniques all aimed to control and manipulate the populous.”
True. And he was still a piker compared to ISIS.
“No different than those used by ISIS. He simply did it for a more secular power than the religious ISIS.”
ISIS is raping women by the hundreds. ISIS is marrying off and raping 8 year old girls to legitimize those rapes. Did Hussein do that? Nope.
Hussein was a boy scout compared to ISIS.