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4/08/2003 07:32:00 PM | Justin Another Saddam Here's a perspective on Saddam Hussein that you may have trouble finding among western sources. Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former Indian diplomat to Iraq, writes of how the spectacular modernizations achieved by Iraq under Saddam Hussein might not have been achievable under a more typical Islamic government held captive to fundamentalist interests. He's certainly treading on controversial territory though. I've heard similar arguments made to justify Stalin's brutal rule. Nonetheless, a good read. Update: Discussion of Baathist modernizations are not entirely absent from western media. Last night, I was watching a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Bowden, the author of a recent Saddam biography/villification. Bowden actually mentions these same "liberalizing" policies of the Baath party, only he puts them in a context of Saddam piggybacking on his more reform-minded colleagues. According to Bowden, Saddam used undoubtedly noble reform policies as stepping stones to consolidate power - Obviously, a more of a negative spin than in the above article. perma link |
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