SADDAM THOUGHT HE HAD WMD’S; BUT MAY HAVE BEEN DUP

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Originally posted by JR@Sep 28 2003, 06:26 PM
I think an equally believable explaination was that it was only by keeping Iraq at odds with the US and UN, that he was able to hold on to power by portraying himself as he did as a great leader defying the West. ... similar to North Korea today.

Saddam didn't stay in power because he was US/UN defient.
He stayed in power because he was ruthless dictator and a paranoid person. The same way that most ruthless paranoid dictators stay in power.
Same for N.Korea.

keeping people ignorant, weal and poor helps in keeping them quiet when they know the price of resisting is life.