Wednesday, December 17, 2003
And so the conspiracy theories start... Sullywatch has this entry on the belief that Hussein was kidnapped, not captured. So far I'm not convinced, it seems to rely on things like Saddam's daughters insisting he must have been drugged to have been so compliant with the US forces (not that, like most bullies, he was scared stiff when in genuine personal danger) and some cultural differences. Newsnight last night had some commentators that suggested that even the low-key handling of the news in defference to the Iraqi's was not enough, TV pictures of Saddam as the bearded tramp that shouts at people at the bus stop would have been offensive even to Iraqis who hated him, it's the 'he was a bastard, but he was our bastard' syndrome. I'm not so sure about this, despite them saying that in the Arab world President's tend to be for life, it's not like it's unknown for them to be overthrown. It may be more to do with the fact that it's the US that overthrew him.
