14-03-2003 14:11									#1
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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?

	14-03-2003 14:15									#2
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He wore white after Labour Day.

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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.

	14-03-2003 14:28									#4
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That too.

	14-03-2003 14:30									#5
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Attempting to assisnate your countries head of state is a reasonable reason for dislike

	14-03-2003 14:33									#6
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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.

	14-03-2003 14:37									#7
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Really. I didnt know. When did this attempted assasination take place? I dont seem to remember anything like that happening

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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.

	14-03-2003 14:42									#9
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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.

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He is the inconvenient owner of a very convenient territory.

	14-03-2003 14:47									#11
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quote: 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.

	14-03-2003 15:02									#12
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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.

	14-03-2003 15:10									#13
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He has terrible taste in colours. Desert tan, desert tan, deserrt tan. Let's face it, he's gauche.

	14-03-2003 15:11									#14
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And that moustache.



The seventies are dead, you know.

	14-03-2003 15:14									#15
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That too.

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- Oil
- Water
- Influence

	14-03-2003 15:21									#17
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Saddam is a madman and one of the worst dictators alive. If he gets killed or removed from power, the world would be a better place. However, to remove him is not the business of Uncle Sam, but of the Iraqi people, just like the removal of George W. Bush from power is the business of the Americans and nobody else.

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quote: Originally posted by notyoueither He wore white after Labour Day.

The bastard!

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[notyoueither mode] That too. [/notyoueither mode]

	14-03-2003 16:20									#20
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quote: 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.

Not to mention his wife.

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

When Bush Sr. visited Kuwait around 1993, Saddam was planning on killing him with a car bomb. For one reason or another, it didn't come off.

EDIT: I really need to learn how to type faster without all those spelling mistakes.

	14-03-2003 17:48									#21
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He's an undercover frenchman.

	14-03-2003 18:32									#22
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quote: Originally posted by 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?

Because they tell us to hate Saddam, that's all. Americans are sheep. Sheep with guns, but sheep nonetheless. Despite all the bravdo about being individualists, we have an amazing hearding tendency and pretty much do as we are told. Those of us who are real individualists suffer criticism and ostracisation.

We are the most propagandized people on Earth. Even the average Chinese has a much better idea of what's going on in the world than the average American. They just can't talk about it.

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As for the alleged assasination attempt, an article to which Oerdin linked in my victory thread (attempting to prove that there was a real plot) writes this:

quote: A senior White House official recently told me that one of the seemingly most persuasive elements of the report had been overstated and was essentially incorrect. And none of the Clinton Administration officials I interviewed over a ten-week period this summer claimed that there was any empirical evidence—a "smoking gun"—directly linking Saddam or any of his senior advisers to the alleged assassination attempt. The case against Iraq was, and remains, circumstantial.

It remains unproven.

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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger - Oil - Water - Influence

Average American cares nothing about these things.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara As for the alleged assasination attempt, an article to which Oerdin linked in my victory thread (attempting to prove that there was a real plot) writes this: quote: A senior White House official recently told me that one of the seemingly most persuasive elements of the report had been overstated and was essentially incorrect. And none of the Clinton Administration officials I interviewed over a ten-week period this summer claimed that there was any empirical evidence—a "smoking gun"—directly linking Saddam or any of his senior advisers to the alleged assassination attempt. The case against Iraq was, and remains, circumstantial. It remains unproven.

I thought that was the article I linked to when I was proving it was unproven?

	15-03-2003 08:41									#26
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To answer your question, we the American people have no idea what he has done since he has been in power. We know some of it. Iran war, attack an American Naval Ship in the Gulf 87 USS Stark? Gas both his people and Iran soldiers. If we knew everything he has done, we ourselves might want to go there and put a bullet in his head.
Only BushJr., knows why Saddam is a target now, and he is not telling us why. I mean the real trued.

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	15-03-2003 09:44									#27
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Bush is stupid. Bush is a representative of Yankistanis. Ergo, Yankistanis are stupid. Ergo, no reason for hatred is needed.

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Chretin is stupid. Chretin is a representative of Canuckland. Ergo, Canucks are stupid.

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Only some of them, Imran.

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ramo thats ridiculous we aren't ignoring them. we know they are there. this is the typical hypocrisy u find by anti war protestors.

they yell at us for ignoring othe rppl. but would they support us invading them? no. so really all they are practicing is duplicitous arguing tactics to try and make the other side look bad. instead of engaging in any fruitful thot.