The psychologists in my extended family tell me that black and white thinking--the idea that something or someone is all good or all bad--is characteristic of (a) children; (b) people with certain psychiatric disorders (Borderline Personality Disorder, for example). It seems to me that demonizing a person is a classic example of black and white thinking. With the Ayatollah long dead, and Bin Laden out of reach, Saddam Hussein was the most recent to be demonized. Clearly, the picture painted was necessary to fuel the illegal U.S. war. Now that he is dead, it may be a good time to examine the extent of the reality behind the Saddam-Demon. Here is one website--evidently censored by Google and Google-News and restored only after massive reader protest--which challenges the conventional wisdom:
http://uruknet.info
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