Saddam Hussein had been a dangerous enemy to the Americans and documents of his personal life and decisions are finally being released. Usually everything is kept private, but they are allowing researchers to look at twenty documents of Hussein's to find out what he was thinking when he made these crazy decisions. First off, when Reagan made an presidential address saying that he was going to send more weapons and parts to Iran, Hussein believed that it was really a dark plan to prolong the Iran war (that was already going on for 6 years) and increase Iraq's casualties. Other insights about Hussein include that he viewed everyone but his friends as enemies and only believed in the diplomacy of the Middle East. Finally, it showed that during the Iraq-Iran war, he actually underestimated the Iran people and believe that his people would just dominate because of the certain type of weapons they possessed. The mind of Hussein was certainly corrupt, forcing him to make decisions that put his whole country in a war for years to come.
This article directly stood out to me because I was interested what was going through Hussein's live when he made these horrible, violent decisions. I was able to find out that Hussein was entrapped in his own world in Iraq and everyone outside that area was considered an enemy. With reading this article, it made me even more happy that he was killed because he didn't deserve to live for the crimes that he committed. Finally, I am glad that these documents are finally being released to the public to show what he thought and he rationale on attacking. All of the people in Iraq should also read this article and realize that what Hussein thought was wrong.
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