Thursday, April 15, 2010

Palestinians think Saddam was cool

Layla Anwar wrote a post in defense of Saddam, which is not surprising. But she made some good points, and of course some deceptive ones. She called it "Saddam Hussein's Iraq." As if Saddam owned the country. Well he certainly acted like he owned Iraq.

It's not surprising that Tony of the Palestinian Pundit (a Levantine Christian who moved to California in the 60s, like Sirhan Sirhan) has posted Layla Anwar's entire post. The Palestinians, along with most Sunni Arabs, seem to think Saddam was a cool cat. He safeguarded Iraqi Christians, who have been persecuted since the fall of Saddam. This is true.

Layla: "Did any of the Arab countries safeguard the rights of Arab Christians like Saddam's Iraq did ? The answer is a flat NO."

Here's where the deception begin: "Did any country in the Middle East/Arab world engage as many Shias in the political process as Saddam's Iraq did ? The answer is again a flat NO."

Engage the Shias in the political process? How? By imprisoning them and hanging them? By torturing them?

Layla wrote: "Over 60% of BOTH the Baath party as well as the leadership was Shia."

I've heard this repeated many times, and it's true. But no Shia ever reached Saddam's top brass, who were all Tikriti. There was never a Shia Vice President in "Saddam's Iraq". The current Vice President of Iraq is a SUNNI Arab.

Saddam mass murdered Iraqi Shia, Kurds, and killed any Sunni Arab who dare tell the truth about the criminality of Saddam's govt. And the Arabs kinda like the mass murderer. It is so embarrassing.

Vali Nasr summarizes the Iraqi Shia struggle under Saddam's rule:

"...Shias have never risen beyond the glass ceiling that separates them from the Sunni elite. A few, such as Saddam's last and highly colorful information minister, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, rose to prominence. But they were tokens in a world where Shia feet never trod the real halls of power. Saddam Hussein liked to make much of the second part of his name before his Shia subjects - especially during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s - but he nevertheless characterized Shias as Iranian lackeys, and he periodically purged the Ba'th Party of its Shia members in order to make sure that the levers of state power and the banner of Arab nationalism remained firmly in Sunni hands. Shia privates filled the ragtag conscript ranks of Saddam's poorly equipped and ill-trained regular army, but the elite Republican Guards and Special Republican Guards were Sunnis almost to a man. "

I might add to this post later...

18 comments :

Bruno said...

Mojo is magnetically attracted to sectarianism. Sometimes he posts useful stuff; most of the time its just sunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishiasunnishia ... sigh

Anonymous said...

Well done, you put it well, I hear this by many of the sunnis that baathism was not secterian? it makes me sick when i hear that. Thank god we have taken power, inshalla we will maintain it forever

|3run0 said...

I've never seen mass murder referred to as 'political process' before ;^)

Anonymous said...

vali nasr, an iranian was adviser to g.bush and the neocoons. that makes him credible in the eyes of this american doormat.

Don Cox said...

My impression is that Saddam was more tribal than sectarian. If you came from Tikrit, you were one of the boys.

Maury said...

Shiites were excluded from power for over 300 years. The Turks gave power to the Sunni Arab elite,and the Brits kept it there. Power stayed within the same elite circle after independence. Bush Sr. did his bit by giving into Saudi pressure and not forcing a regime change in '91.

Shia religeous parties got almost 50% of the vote in this election. Smaller numbers of Shia voted for Iraqiya. The Kurds got 20% of the vote. That's more than 70% of Iraqis who were excluded from power under Saddam.....and a few dozen leaders that preceded him.

Iraq has coalition governments now. No group has to be excluded from anything. Bruno might not like it,but the system is much fairer to EVERYONE than anything Sadman or his predecessers came up with.

Anonymous said...

Vali Nasr has never been to Iraq and does not speak Arabic. Just like stupid. lol .

falastini said...

Are you going to call me falastizi again? A falastini would wipe the floor with you.

Anonymous said...

"Renowned religious scholar declares forced marital intercourse to be un-Islamic
Child bride dies because of forced intercourse"

http://yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=33894

Dolly said...

The ruling on those who curse the Sahaba, as the rafidhi animal did above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaW-a220Vc

Anonymous said...

"What Pat Condell Knows About Islam"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNQ1zc-q74&feature=player_embedded

Anonymous said...

Layla Anwar isn't Sahaba

Anonymous said...

"Revealed: Iraq Terrorists' Deadly New Tactic"

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iraq-Al-Qaeda-Rents-Reisdential-Buildings-And-Blows-Them-Up-In-New-Tactic/Article/201004315607930?f=rss

Anonymous said...

"Iraq: Al Qaeda's Two Top Leaders Abu Ayyub al Masri & Abu Omar al Baghdadi: DEAD (UPDATED Bumped - Yes DEAD"

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202085.php

Anonymous said...

dear Maury,
Bush Sr.'s foolish '91 decision to leave Saddam in power, and leave the USA "holding the wolf by the ear" was not only influenced by the Saudis.There was long an analysis,famously expressed as Gen.Powell's "Pottery Barn Rule", that the removal of Saddam's iron fist would result in a ungovernable Iraq in which the US military would be STUCK dealing with the chaos ;That's pretty much what happened by'06.The USA & GWB hung in there until we finally lucked out,and the Iraqis stood up to claim their country.
Bushtheliberator

Maury said...

Iraqi intelligence must have a number of informants inside AQI. The leadership of the Mosul area was decimated last month. Emir of operations,finance,diaper enforcement etc. Now,AQI's two top mongrels dead,and 16 mutts arrested. Why didn't these 16 go down fighting like their bosses?

I bet they're all gay. What good is 72 virgins to a homosexual jihadi? They're singing like canaries now. The few remaining Al Queda cells will be getting a knock on the door in the next week or so.

habis said...

maury's great! you gotta love american cockasians.

Anonymous said...

Hey "Iraqi" American,

Its funny, u prostituted urself yo maliki, saying u supported his shia ideology...NOW Allawi, another pig, is in office, and you bow your head to him in submission.

Just proves the shias will prostitute themselves to ANYONE, including a criminal and thief for power. It was never about ideology, it was always about the gold coin.