What did Saddam do?

[Daz]

I have seen a report from the USA the other day and it got me thinking:

Why exactly do the Americans hate Saddam this much? What exactly has he done to the American people to become the most hated guy in USA?

[notyoueither]

He wore white after Labour Day.

[AnnC]

Saddam Hussein is not the most hated guy in America, Osama bin Laden is.

However Saddam Hussein is the most hated guy in the White House, very likely it's a personal issue since Saddam tried to assassinate George Bush's father.

[notyoueither]

That too.

[TheStinger]

Attempting to assisnate your countries head of state is a reasonable reason for dislike

[Daz]

Well, AnnC, thats what YOU say. But thats your opinion, and from what I see on the news and what I read on this forums, I tend to disagree.

[Daz]

Really. I didnt know. When did this attempted assasination take place? I dont seem to remember anything like that happening

[Ramo]

The American people hate him because the media and government [now] focus on his atrocities and hype a non-existent bond with al-Qaeda and potential WMD's, while ignoring more dangerous threats to the US and worse regimes as far as human rights go.

The government hates him because he was our boy and then defied us.

[AnnC]

Daz, I'm an American and most of my friends are Americans. And I don't know anybody who harbors a deep personal hatred for Saddam Hussein. We know he's a murderous tyrant, and the world would be better off without his kind, but we don't go apoplectic about it.

However, I know lots of people who would like to see Osama bin Laden hanged and would happily attend his execution.

Saddam tried to have the elder Bush killed when he visited Kuwait in the mid-1990s. Bush the elder was not a head of state at the time of the attempted assissination, he had been out of office for several years.

[The Mad Monk]

He is the inconvenient owner of a very convenient territory.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by AnnC
Daz, I'm an American and most of my friends are Americans. And I don't know anybody who harbors a deep personal hatred for Saddam Hussein. We know he's a murderous tyrant, and the world would be better off without his kind, but we don't go apoplectic about it.

However, I know lots of people who would like to see Osama bin Laden hanged and would happily attend his execution.

Saddam tried to have the elder Bush killed when he visited Kuwait in the mid-1990s. Bush the elder was not a head of state at the time of the attempted assissination, he had been out of office for several years.

Ok attempting to assissinate your ex- head of state is a good reason for a strong dislike.

[Daz]

there's convenient thread on this forum named "public person you hate the most". I suggest taking a peek in there for the Saddam hatred thing....

I am aware that not all americans hate him. But nevertheless, many do.

[notyoueither]

He has terrible taste in colours. Desert tan, desert tan, deserrt tan. Let's face it, he's gauche.

[KrazyHorse]

And that moustache.



The seventies are dead, you know.

[notyoueither]

That too.