Saddam is not fictional. The creature of the media that "threatens" us (!),
however, is a fiction.

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> From: John Korber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Iraq News Spin
> Date: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 11:53 PM
>
> In a message dated 11/6/97 3:37:47 AM, you wrote:
> >Yes, you are (mis- or non- informed). The person you refer to is a
fiction.
>
> >The situation is more complicated, and also on the wrong end of a
"national
>
> >security" info freeze.
> > Does this tell you anything?
>
> Not really. How is Saddam "fictional"? And fictional or real, he does
seem to
> head the government of Iraq. Puppet, ex-flunky or whatever, he doesn't
seem
> to mind killing people any less than many other other heads of state,
et.al.
> at all.
>
> It certainly is complicated, and full of undisclosed motivations, but
Hussien
> is a murderer.
> Ok, Clinton is a murderer too. And somebody's flunky as well.
> That doesn't make Hussein any less of a threat to ordinary folks. That
was my
> only point.
> Moving along:
> A question I've often wondered about was why Hussein was left in power
after
> the Gulf war. Any theories?