Saddam: Latter-day Jugurtha?(The Last Word)

The New American | January 12, 2004| | Copyright

Once upon a time, a ruthless, clever despot I came to power in a desert land by murdering his rival for the throne. He sought the allegiance of a great imperial power, which had once given him military training. He soon displeased his imperial ally by invading a neighboring territory that he claimed as his own. As a result, his imperial overlords branded him a public enemy and dispatched military forces to his desert country to hunt him down. After a war lasting many years, in which the rebel potentate demonstrated greater elusiveness than battlefield savvy, he was betrayed ...

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