This month’s Vanity Fair, with Hugh Grant on the cover, has an in-depth terrifying article about Saddam Hussein’s two sons. Uday, of course, is the more well-known one. Neither have any contact with the outside world, or, they did at one time (thanks to France and Germany), but as the regime became more xenophobic, and after the assassination attempt on Uday, (and who patched him up? He was flown to France and worked on there. Remember: Uday is a murderer. A dictator-in-training.) they rarely left Iraq.
The article gives detail about events only hinted at elsewhere: Saddam killing both of his daughters’ husbands after luring them back into the country. To people who equate Saddam and Bush; PLEASE get a grip. When Pres. Bush KILLS the boyfriends of his twin daughters, THEN I will consider having a conversation with you about the similarities between the two men. But until then, it is not worth it to even argue about it.
The entire article is an indictment on this now-on-the-run regime. It’s also an indictment of the boneheads in the West who blither about “the Iraqi right to self-determination”. Uh: YES.. Exactly. The whole point is that the Iraqis COULDN’T choose for themselves. When your world view is so blinkered that you cannot comprehend evil, you are in big trouble. Because “evil” does exist. Tyranny does exist. People without a shred of human kindness do exist. You could “bomb with love” from here to kingdom come and there will still be power-hungry tyrannical dictators.
The age-old question: So what do we DO then about this? What are the suggestions? I’m listening.
