Saddam Hussein's letter after 9/11

[GURUving]

for historical perspective. I can't figure out if he subtly admits to complicity, or if he is just being an arrogant fool.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010916223601/http://www.rense.com/general13/amer.htm

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On September 12, 2001, we said that no one crossed the Atlantic to America carrying weapons before this event, except the Westerners who established the United States of America. America is the one who crossed the Atlantic carrying arms of destruction and death against the world. Here we want to ask a question: Wasn't the use of American weapons, including the nuclear weapons against Japan, enough before September 11, 2001, for America to prepare to use it in a heavier and a stronger way? Or isn't using it in an irresponsible way, and without justification as does any oppressive force in the world, is what made America the most hated country in the world, starting from the Third World, to the Medium World and passing to the Civilized World, as is the world divided by the West and America?

more........


If you want to examine the Wayback Machine, go here:

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

This is truly an amazing site. It has archived over 30 billion pages from various internet sites since 1996. I particularly liked the DU edition after 9/11.

[wtmusic]

1. Hardly a fool

Say what you will, he is right on here:

"Finally, if your rulers respect and cherish the blood of your peoples, why do you find it easy to shed the blood of others including the blood of Arabs and Muslims? If you respect your values, why don't you respect the values of Arabs and Muslims?

America needs wisdom, not power. It has used power, along with the West, to its extreme extent, only to find out latter that it doesn't achieve what they wanted. Will the rulers of America try wisdom just for once so that their people can live in security and stability?"

[loudnclear]

2. There won't be much response to this...even here at DU

Somehow Americans hate to be reminded of how barbaric they are or have been.

[wtmusic]

3. Or maybe just hate to admit that

this despicable person has them pegged to a tee

[camero]

4. It's too bad really

We all could use an education on this.

[alcuno]

5. Can you post the part where you think he may subtly admit complicity?

I don't see it in the part you posted.

[GURUving]

6. I thought this was a little convoluted

"We ask again: America's targeting the fire of its weapons on specific targets, and harming it or destroying it with the support of Western governments and of a fabricated story -- would it solve the problem? Would this bring security to America and the world? Or Isn't the use by America and some Western governments of their fire against others in the world including, or in the forefront of whom the Arabs and the Muslims, is one of the most important reasons of the lack of stability in the world at the present time?"

"and of a fabricated story" - referring to what at the time?

[alcuno]

7. I thought that part was talking about Gulf War I and all that followed.

Isn't he talking about the harm that he perceives the US to have done to Iraq through the sanctions and his perception that we set him up after his being our guy? That there is this list of grievances against him that are false. What "fabricated story" do you think this refers to? 9/11? Can you connect that for me? I'm not understanding it. Thanks.

[GURUving]

8. I can't connect it

I was thinking it may be a reference to the WMD's, though 9/11 could have been his reference. It is too opaque. Obviously something's on his mind!

[alcuno]

9. Someone said this on the radio just now. On Coast to Coast.

They were talking about some letter Saddam put in his paper that tied him to involvement to September 11. Is this what they are talking about? I'm sure he commented frequently on world event...from his perspective.

WMD's weren't a big issue in September 2001 but I know he wanted the sanctions lifted. He felt that the US and Great Britain were the sticking points.

[solinvictus]

10. Saddam

This is why he'll never receive a proper and open trial. He knows far too much about American involvement in the Middle East, vis a vis supporting him and others as proxies against Iran or the USSR.

[rumguy]

11. Saddam has no fucking right to criticize anyone, he made a mess

out his own country and became a sick, sick man...

Fuck him, we should not be looking at his poorly written, deranged screed as any kind of "source material" to back up our arguments against US foreign policy.

[GURUving]

12. I, for one, wasn't looking to argue against US foreign policy

Not on this thread. The question was did he subtly admit to complicity or was he just an arrogant fool.

[rumguy]

13. I know you weren't

he's an arrogant fool in my book...