Saddam Hussein Defends American People

When you see a madman rant and rave, you think nothing comprehendable would emit from his mouth. Many have said that Saddam Hussein is a madman. I think he is an experienced dictator who, even though he was known to kill his enemies in his country and elsewhere, does think rather coherently in his own way.

One statement Saddam Hussein made recently, made me come to the conclusion that he is not as mad a man as many pose him to be. I read it in an article from Bloomberg.com (see title link), where Saddam said, "Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq."

What kind of message is Saddam sending with this statement? In so many words, this statement in essence is true.

The American people collectively are not the enemy of Iraq. If anything, most Americans probably wish that Iraq can live as many of us do, without fear of daily violence, unprovoked attack, theft of property, unwarranted incarceration and death of loved ones. I know that is what I pray daily for Iraqis and people all over the world who have to daily deal with unwanted violence and evil acts.

I am grateful that Saddam Hussein has spoken to the world, and hopefully the terrorists have heard, that the American people are not the enemy.

It is true that the American government authorized the attacks on Iraq and started the Iraq war. It is true that war creates great destruction, of places, people and establishments. Thus, as the Iraq War continues, the American government is destroying Iraq.

Claiming enemies is subjective, and if Saddam wishes to claim the American government is the enemy of Iraq, that is his opinion. Now, Bush followers will say that the American government wants what is best for the Iraqi people, so the US government can't be the enemy of Iraq. Is war the best thing for the Iraqi people?

Would you want war continuing in your hometown? No? Then, stop wishing it upon other people! Creating a war in another country that had no direct links to 9/11, just to keep terrorists off US soil is at the least a crock.

(Psst. What's up with Saudi Arabia, where most all of the 9/11 terrorists originated? That's because we are in bed with the Saudi royalty. The American government will ensure nothing happens there that goes against the Saudi royal family. You think there's any "strategery" going on between the Bushes and the Saudis?)

Terrorists will strike whenever and where ever they like and a war in Iraq isn't going to keep them from plotting another attack on US soil. All it does is exhaust our own military on foreign soil, so that when we do need to defend US soil, we will be too spread out in the world to help ourselves.

My Christmas Wish is that the whole world will live in peace and harmony. Sure, it's a distance from reality, but I think I read somewhere that with God anything is possible. World domination does not create peace and harmony. War does not create peace.

War is a way for governments to impose change for their own betterment on people that do not normally in their right minds want such a change.