[fintstone]

Originally posted by Aurel
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Originally posted by fintstone

Any words by Saddam about being Sectarian ring pretty hollow as he was the ultimate sectarian...

You meant secular, not sectarian. Sectarian would not ring hollow if that is what he was.

Funny how some folks will take the words of someone like Saddam at face value...but try to convey some sort of false motive behind everything their own leaders say or do.

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Aurel

You have misquoted me by putting your words among those you attribute to me.
And no, I did not meant secular. I meant sectarian. The words I was responding to were:
"In a time when sectarian violence is raging, Saddam's executioners taunt him with *****e taughts. Saddam responds to them, admonishing them that sectarianism is tearing Iraq apart." which appears an attempt by the poster to make Saddam more statesmanlike and reasonable than he was. He was never concerned with being sectarian...and, in fact, was the ultimate sectarian. he was also never concerned with violence...except when directed at his sect or himself. Clearly I could have worded the sentence more clearly (I seem to have deleted a couple of words), but sectarian was indeed correct..and his concern over sectarian strife did indeed ring hollow.