-- On 15 Dec 2003 at 20:06, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote:
The image of an Arab leader (however terrible) being objectivised by a white gloved American medic like a bug on a lab bench, will not be read in the Arab world as a moment of liberation. It will be seen as a special kind of humiliation, the kind which typifies the depth of ignorance which has inspired this campaign from its outset.
Arabs respect power. Well, everyone respects power, but arabs more so. The image of Saddam being poked around will devastate the insurgents just as much as his bullet ridden body would have done. Either one works. If he was cocky and defiant after being taken prisoner, that would have been a problem -- and I suspect that problem would have been swiftly solved. What was done was an excellent use of him, perhaps the best possible use of him. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG DijbC0CdsDlDq+JMzf6Soaoy/uQpAPvQzIqw+vZV 4V4l1cML3B68fAUZdXEQULOypQU+iOODMqAEAhN3z