How can anyone support someone like Saddam Hussein?

A government of fear was the one thing needed to keep that mess in order there, even people which lost relatives to Hussein now think it was better with Hussein in place than what is going on now. As terrible as his actions appeared to the western world you should not forget that he wasn't the biggest mess in the country by himself but together with a lot of radicals combined which now are going on a free rampage and there is nothing to stop them. With Americans wanting to pull their soldiers out of Iraq rather than send more troops many Iraqis can already foresee what is going to happen, the Americans will pull out after the next president is elected and the country will remain in civil war resulting in an amount of deaths combined with the Iraqi war which goes well beyond what Hussein could ever have achieved. Although it is no fair to the decent people living there, Hussein was like the top dog as you'd see in prisons, if the top dog gets killed there'd be a state of civil uproar which can't be stopped with no matter what you do till a new one grabs power. Having some guards step in and trying to change that all of the sudden will simply not work, let stand that it'll work on the level of an entire nation.

The same way people support President Bush. The man who have sent many of peoples children to fight a war that only him and his daddies people wanted. If you look in his eyes you will see he is just like Saddam he has evil in his heart while he speaks peace that is a laugh. I don't like him and I did not vote for him he is a killer just as Saddam. God Bless

Anyone that supports someone as horrible as him must be sick as well. There is definitely something wrong with people that support killing of innocent people and putting fear into the lives of many people throughout the world. It does not make any sense why he would be like that and why people would cheer for him. They obviously worship the devil, in my opinion, and not God. Their beliefs are much different than other countries.

You dont say in what country. If is in the US or another traditionally non-Muslim country then no I couldn't understand it. However if it is in a Muslim country there is no telling why they do what they do.

I didn't see what you've described but chances are it comes from those who lived privileged lives under his dictatorship. If everything was wonderful in their lives they wouldn't care about the underprivileged. Again, I didn't see what you saw but that's the typical psychological explanation. Remember, privilege in the Middle East isn't as we view it here in the west. ‹(°¿°)›

There were groups of people who lived well under Saddham by oppressing others. The same is true of Cuba and the old Soviet Union. Those are the people you see. For the rest, It is hard to live through a situation like that where things will always get worse before they get better. In their heads they have to be wondering if it has all been a mistake and the old way was much more familiar and stable. Because their faith and their president kept such a tight control how much of the outside world they were truly aware of , it was easy to convince his supporters that they were superior and the others were less than human and dangerous to their way of life.

i honestly have difficulty working out why anyone could support this evil man. The nearest i can get to it is that it represents a type of racism, resistance in the face of the infidel. Look at it this way, your country is invaded, your towns are bombed and your life daily under threat from what seems like an alien force. Imagine America losing Bush to an Iraqi invasion and you get the idea blessed be

Most of theese supporters are young people. They think that to rebel means to destroy. So they choose wrong models for imitations. And follow them without to analize. And of course, there are religious reasons for it too.

I dont understand it I think it is sick but who am I ?

Undoubtedly these people are as insane as him, afraid, or ignorant. I've given up trying to figure some people out. Even Saddam's daughters and their family and former mistress fled the country out of fear of him.

I would say fear for sure. A lot of those demonstrations when he was alive and ruling, were staged. Today if you see it it is probably former baath party members trying to rally the insurgency. Some people , very few in fact, who did well under his rule may wish for a return to the old days. he ruled with an iron fist and those in his party did well. Plenty of money, protection, free health care (although i understand that healthcare was available to all) but what kind of price is that to lose your freedom of thought?

There are a ton of reasons why leaders get support from the people. Some leaders are charismatic and seem to sway the people with wonderful speeches. Take a look at Obama (US president hopeful) I am not American and I wish I could vote for him. He is so patriotic his speeches make me almost cry with pride (and I'm not even American!). Some leaders lead through fear. They will kill you if you say anything against them. Then there are leaders that get people to "believe" them by bribery these people do not believe the leader but will surround the leader because he is giving them money, riches, fame, etc... Some leaders only have followers because the people want something to believe in, they want someone to follow. They want to belong. There are lots of different reasons and I could continue but I think I've yammered on enough about that. I think the people who followed Saddam did so for several reasons. He was a smart man, he was shrewd and cruel. He got to a position of power by being mean and smart and cunning. If you lived in this country would you rather not have this man either on your side or nuetral or as an enemy?

I am with Saddham evry time.. Becoz he is the only man who stood on is feet to fight against America.. I dont hate American's.. I hate only the peoples like Bush.. He killed thousands of innocent people.. In Arab countries.. America only need money.. America Sucks

well you cant expect each and every person in this world to have the same views about the world around us... anyways i dont support saddam, but i dont trust the world media in general... its all propaganda that they show

as i know i agree with people NOT like saddam, i really not undesrtand about this IRAQ president, he kill their own people with biologic weapon, thousan SUNI MUSLIM people die? amazing huh? and always all media of arab say always good things, this people say media propaganda or media politc, the different is USA media always hate president bush always write true story but ARAB media protect saddam and hope get support from another muslim country? funny strategic and i think kids on school already know this strategic;) bad SADDAM, i hate he kill thousand muslim suni with biologic weapon!!!!!! now is over? dont know many people like saddam out there.

Well, the US and British governments supported him and originally provided Saddam Hussein with his initial WMD, as long as the man was complying to their demands! So, now, do you care to ask both the US and British governments what they were thinking? And please, be kind enough to share the response with us all, would you. Thanks!

Greed, personal advantage, hatred and a sadistic nature led people to support him all the best urban

I really wonder why some peopel out there could yell for someone like Saddam. The truth is, no any normal human in the world who will ever do such a thing after the pains which Saddam caused to people. Thanks and have a nice day.