Ask those in Tehran hospitals with no kidneys about Saddam, as well as from Rumsfeld and Chirac

Nobody was happier than most Iranians seeing Saddam looking like stinky homeless men--except for Iraqis of course.

I broke into tears when I saw the most brutal dictator in the world was captured, who once was a close friend to both Mr. Chirac and Mr. Rumsfel--at the same time.

It was a time that the whole world, including Muslim Arabs in the middle-east, were backing to weaken the rouge revolutionary Iranians who had happened to inherit the most powerful Army in the region and a strong, 'anti-imperialistic' faith, mixed with Islamic radicalism. Saddam crossed every conventional border to win the war, including widely use of chemical weapons which still suffers hundreds of thousands of young soldiers, now in their 30s. But nobody, even Europe, dares to look back at that part of history.

Although the Iran-Iraq war was the war between two groups of dictators whose entire existence was based on the war. (Ayatollah Khomeini used war to get rid of his internal opponents, as well as Saddam) However, there was a huge history of anti-Persian feelings among Arabs and anti-Arabism among Iranians involved.

Now, patriotically speaking, nothing is more painful than seeing Palestinians grieving for Saddam, while our whole foreign policy is stupidly tied to the issue of Israel-Palestine. Not to mention that Yasser Arafat was a big supporter of Saddam during the war with Iran, as well as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE--and France.

It was France that revived the low-tech, soviet made army of Iraq after it was almost destroyed by the Iranian US-made army. I still don't forget that all we could here were Mirages, Sokhos, Migs as Iraqi fighters. if it wasn't for the support and silence of the US, Europe and Russia, Saddam couldn't resist the faithful, strong and patriotic Iranians (with a cover of Islamic radicalism of course).

He is now in the US custody, helpless and miserable. But however we have problems with the regime of Mullahs, we shouldn't let the world forget that they once were backing the same brutal man. I'm delighted to see Iranian government intends to open a case against him for the war crimes during the bloody eight year war--maybe it leads to some big scandals, especially in Europe. They weren't as anti-war activists as they are now. Ask thousands who have lost their voices, kidneys, lungs, etc. and waiting to see an end to their painful lives in hospitals in Tehran.

Links:
- Military analysis of Iran-Iraq war, Federation of American Scientists
- Iran, biggest victim of chemical weapons
- Saddam's chemical victims still suffering in Iran, Reuters