Saddam is NOWHERE near the top with:
- political ability
- strength of character
- leadership ability
- population manipulation
- power wielded
- people killed
- people affected
- historical legacy
I hope YOUR kidding.
-Leadership Ability: He had total control over everything
-Population Manipulation: Come on...30million people think America is more Evil then him...that is great population manipulation.
-People Affected: About 40% of the population from 1979 have been the victim of genocidal murders, deportations, internal displacement, gross human rights violations, use of Chemical weapons against his own people, torture.
-Saddam Hussein had Jacque Chirac by the "balls". Russia and China also where under Saddam sphere of influence.
-I still maintain that the victims during the Sanctions era where mostly Saddams fault
-The huge increase in cancers and deformations in Iraq from 1991-1994 are directly linked to Saddams use of chemical weapons
-He has funded the Palestinian movement and many other Islamic or other Terrorists
-Plotted to bomb the WTO first time round, attempted to assasinate Bush Sr.
-In 25 years he has invaded Iran and Kuwait and bombed Isreal and Saudi Arabia and also attempted to bomb Qautar.
-Has successfully manipulated Arabs to think he is a champion of Islam and thus single handedly increased volunteers to various Terrorist network
- If the Guerrilla campaign is indeed organised by Saddam(some evidence suggest so others dont) then he might successfully defeat the Americans giving him automatic cult status(this remains to be seen of course)
-Saddam is a lot smarter then Hitler as he has tried to eliminate the Kurds by forcing them to lose their Kurdish identity, you cannot be educated or treated in Hospitals unless you pledge you support for Saddam.
I suppose i can only conceed that he may not be Ceaser or someone, but i think of the 20th century he is at least top 5. I dunno i guess i was kinda bias to todays situation. But common 30million people marching to leave the guy in power is unprecedented and he deserves recognition for it.
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