On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:30:27 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

Saddam was the antithesis of religious fanatacism...

It is a bit difficult to follow gf's reasoning, as his inaccurate
statements are so vague it is hard to understand his points

I was listening to a discussion the other day that might clarify this
particular point, though. Saddam was a bit like the right wing
dictators we used to "support" in Latin America and elsewhere.. They
were considered to be an effective means of countering "communism",
which seemed to be considered the greater of the two evils.