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Reply 23 of 67 (Originally posted on: 11-08-06 04:22:23 PM)
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Just re-read your post and I just wanted to comment on one thing I noticed.Quoted from visuXio: "democratically elected President" of Iraq.
If you knew anything about Iraqi history, you'd know that this is utter bullshit.
Hussein's rise to power in Iraq was more related to the overthrow and assassination of a man by the name of General Qassim, who ironically only came to power by leading a revolt and assassination of Iraq's prior King Faisal II, whom Hussein's Baath party had tried to overthrow two years prior to Qassim's successful assassination. Upon the overthrown of Qassim, the Baath party rose to power in Iraq and Hussein ended up becoming the Vice President a few years later, the only claim you can make to saying that he was democratically elected. This is where it becomes interesting.
Hussein used his position of power by appointing friends and family to high ranking positions to gain nepotic power within the government. By 1979, the actual elected President of Iraq, President Bakr, actually a relative of Hussein's, resigned under the pressure that Hussein had sewn throughout the previous six years as Vice President.
From there it wasn't difficult for Hussein to remain in power, seeing as how he ran virtually unopposed for fear of, you know, torture and death. In many cases, any legitimate opponent of Hussein mysteriously died, rendering whatever support they had garnered hopeless to oppose Hussein and his party.
Basically, democracy died when Hussein came to power, seeing as how you can't really claim to be a democracy when whatever voice of dissent is present in your nation is silenced immediately.
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