Why is Saddam Hussein commonly cited as an example of religous extremism, when the entire basis of Saddams government, and the Baathist party itself, is secularism?
Because most of the world doesn't know shit about the middle east.Not that anyone cares about sand niggers anyway.
because shut up, that's why-conservatives
Then why does Al-Qaeda love him so much? And vice-versa?
Because to prop up his increasingly corrupt regime, Saddam attempted to instill a fundamentalist slant to his government propaganda, even going so far as to add Allahu Ackbar to the flag in 1991.
>>913024Saddam was against the taliban and kept them out of his country throughout the 90's. Then along comes AMERICA FUCK YEAH FREEEEDUM!
Saddam had no problem working with religous extremists when they shared similar goals. That's why he gave money to families of Palestinian suicide bombers.
>>913173All he wanted was that little piece of land called Kuwait that historically was part of Irak anyway, and the americans wouldn't let him have it. WTF? They should have just secured first dibs on all the oil and let him continue.
>psst he had the koran written with somebodies blood
>>913187>historically part of Irak Just like Israel historically belonged to the Jews.
