I don't know what got into me but I really felt sorry for the man. For the first time in years he looked so human. He was just a typical helpless 66-year-old Iraqi at that moment. I stared hardly at his eyes and tried to convince myself that this was the same man who destroyed Iraq and sent millions to their deaths. I found myself talking to the screen "Why did you have to do this to yourself?", "Why did you have to put us into all of this?", "Why didn't you fight back or at least kill yourself to spare us these images?"Zayed, I had the same reaction when I saw the picture: pity. That's okay. A little pity mixed with the contempt and rage is a good thing.
UPDATE: Revulsion is good too. Check out Saddam and Yassir enjoying a comradely hug. (Yassir, you slut!)
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