There was I, waxing sentimental about Saddam’s trial and the sight of a Kurd taunting the big guy. But now we slide from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Questioning a Kurdish witness Thursday, Saddam said, “I wonder why this man wanted to meet with me, if I am a dictator?”
The judge interrupted: “You were not a dictator. People around you made you (look like) a dictator.”
“Thank you,” Saddam responded, bowing his head in respect.
I’m no lawyer, but that judge strikes me as less than fully objective.
Saddam and six others have been accused of genocide and other offenses committed in the 1980s. The prosecution alleges that about 180,000 Kurds died.
Saddam also vowed to Kurdish witnesses to “crush your heads” after listening to them tell of the horrors allegedly committed by his regime.
