Remaking The Image of Saddam Hussein

Now we hear Saddam Hussein really meant to leave Iraq before the war started. As predicted, now that his trial has started, the push is on to rewrite history and portray the Butcher of Baghdad as a victim. After all, to show Saddam on trial is to showcase a George Bush success.

The overthrow and capture of Saddam gives the war a purpose, . . . and allows people to see him be punished.So now we're seeing Saddam cast in a positive light. And one of the ways in which this extreme makeover is being conducted is the news making the rounds yesterday and today. It would seem Saddam Hussein accepted an offer for exile in the United Arab Emirates days before the invasion, but the deal fell through because Saddam wanted some conditions. Bad move.

At any rate, expect the left to seize upon this as yet another reason the war in Iraq didn't need to take place. Saddam was going to leave! George Bush wanted war anyway! You can almost hear Cindy Sheehan gearing up right now. But there are a few problems with this. For one, George Bush told Saddam Hussein and his sons that they had 48 hours to leave Iraq. They could have left. They could have surrendered. They chose not to. Yet another example of the power of bad decision making. That turned out to be a very bad move by Uday and Qusay, . . . they're currently enjoying the proverbial eternal celestial desert sand nap, courtesy of the 101st Airborne.

This is going to become the new rallying cry for the moonbats (love that word). Saddam was going to leave, but George Bush went ahead with the war anyway. Revising history to fit your political ideology is so easy, isn't it?

God Bless,
Dan'L