"THE TRUTH"

BY: FOREST LEWIS, Ph.D.

Saddam Hussein, the former "President" of Iraq, is a single case study into the psychopathology known as sociopathy.

A sociopath, or antisocial, has no conscious. This psychiatric malady appears to affect men more than it does women. People given this diagnosis are cold and heartless. They can kill another human being and experience not a single ounce of remorse. They have the ability to mete out punishment that would  turn the stomachs of sane people.

Yet, a sociopath thinks what he is doing is the correct thing. Adolph Hitler was a sociopath. So was Pol Pot, and Benito Mussolini. These men had one thing in common; they could kill another human being and experience no searing of the human conscious.

Saddam Hussein joins this list of vile of human beings. Hussein is responsible for the murders of thousands of his own fellow Iraqis. While these people, the young, the old, children, women, and men died at the hands of Hussein's blood thirsty storm troopers, this tyrant was out building palaces for himself; and at the same time, gathering up billions of dollars.

Hussein's days of building images of himself, and living in palaces are over. He will soon leave this world and meet his maker. He will discover that he is nothing but a frail human being, who allowed the forces of evil to take of residence in his heart. He will also learn that death is not his final  destination.

People like Saddam Hussein never learn. Despite their having ample knowledge of history, and what has happened to people like him before, these folks apppear to not be able to help themselves. They feel that they will be able to cheat Providence. However, God "always" the final say.

Saddam will feel a rope tightening around his neck any day now. He now knows that he can be taken to the gallows within the next 30 days--after an Iraqi court rejected his appeal.

Ever the quintessential sociopath, Hussein reportedly has said that his execution will be a sacrifice for his country. It is said that he has called on his countrymen to come together and fight against the United States Military.

You would expect a Washington or Lincoln to make such a statement; not a murderer like Hussein. But remember, the man is a sociopath. In his mind, he really thinks that he deserves to be recognized as a "Martyr". Ridiculous? You bet. Webster describes a martyr thusly:

" A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. A person who is put to death or suffers on behalf of a cause. A person who undergoes severe or constant suffering"

Saddam Hussein "WILL NOT BE REMEMBERED AS A MARTYR". Well, maybe by other sociopaths. However, to millions of Iraqis, Hussein will be remembered as the muderer that he was. He will never have blood on his hands again. His long draconian rule has come to an end. And all of his bluster and posturing will not delay his untimate execution. His boastful comments will not turn this monster into a folk hero. The Iraqi people know what he did, and what this animal stood for.

The use of the word "Martyr" and Saddam Hussein in the same breath, insults such great men as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Indira Gandhi. These were true martyrs. King and Gandhi laid down their lives for a just cause. Hussein would not have laid down his life, had he not been caught by the U.S. Military, hiding in a spider hole.

Ever the con man, Hussein is attempting to convince his countrymen that he is now a martyr for the cause. Sociopaths love to dupe other people. This would be Hussein's last act on planet earth, if he can convince enough Iraqis that he died a martyr. Despite his histrionics in the court room during his three year trial, I believe that his words will ring hollow with the Iraqi people. They will cheer wildly when word comes that the "Butcher Of Baghdad" is dead.

Some pundits have predicted that there will be a spike in sectarian violence. While that may happen initially, I do not believe that Hussein's death will be cause enough for any increase in violence to continue. He is only a martyr "In His Own Mind".

Ramsey Clark, the erstwhile U.S. Attorney General, and now a defender of despots around the world, has called on President Bush to keep Hussein in the hands of the U.S., less "his client" is mistreated, if turned over to the Iraqis.

Clark is a despicable piece of sewage. Less the world forgets, he was a "Democratic Attorney General".

Liberals invariably seem to land on the wrong sides of salient issues. Clark called Hussein, calm, dignified and thoughtful". Anyone care in joining me in a round of upchucking?

Clark believes that if Hussein and his co-defendants are turned over to the Iraqis, they will be tortured and be brutalizd before being put to death.

Clark said that the President had the "highest moral and legal obligation not to surrender these people".

Where were Ramsey Clark's kind words for the President a year ago? At any rate, Clark uttered the predicted words regarding the death penalty. He said putting Hussein and his henchmen to death  would be "foolhardy and provocative of violence to the extreme to go forward with it".

Clark added, the consequence of execution will be greater violence. I don't think you can rationally expect anything else".

I am not a lawyer, however, my advice to Comrade Ramsey Clark is to, "go away, go away to another country and live".

I would hate to think that I could be breathing the same air as this creature once he returns to a country that he openly disdains.

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