The New York Times > International > Middle East > First Public Appearance by Former Dictator in 7 Months: "'I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq,' Mr. Hussein replied twice when he answered the judge, whose first question was to ask his name.
According to the report, by the CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour, who was present in the courtroom, Mr. Hussein appeared defiant but focused and coherent. At one point he said, 'This is all a theater; the real criminal is Bush.'"
Bush, your terrible "mission accomplished" in Iraq is this: you have managed to put yourself in the same league as monsters like Saddam Hussein. If you don't know why you are despised in the rest of the world, this is the reason: you are a dictator, you have taken a great country and political system and cynically used it for your own ends, plundered it with your cronies, and more. God forgive you, and please come to your senses.
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