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Article: The moral of Saddam Hussein - The moral of Saddam Hussein; Iraq.(The moral of Saddam Hussein)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- December 20, 2003
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Nobody emerges with much credit from the saga of Iraq. The future may be more hopeful
IT WAS a heartening way to end a bloody year. The sight of a murderous dictator being plucked like a rat from a hole in the ground offered a rare and pleasing spectacle of virtue armed and evil vanquished. But if the tyrant's capture is a cause for celebration, it should also prompt a moment's sober reflection. As will probably become clear when he is eventually put on trial (see next article), few people or governments, in the West, the Arab world or beyond, emerge with credit from Saddam Hussein's long and sorry saga of misrule.
Saddam was no creature of the West. It ...