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Zeyadâs Confusion and Depression
Fred this may be off-topic, but Zeyadâs post caught me by surprise. Here is an excerpt from Zeyadâs concerning Sadaamâs capture and inspection by the American medic. His reaction is simular to what Madeline Albright described as the Arab reaction, in general. I find her perceptiveness, in this case, very disconcerting. I still havenât been able to get rid of this deep sadness that has overcome me the last two days. People have been emailing asking me to explain. I wish I could, but I simply canât. After going through the comments today I had some more thoughts. If you had lived all your life ruled by a tough dictator elevated to the level of a god and then suddenly without warning watched that dictator displayed to the public on tv as a âmanâ, you probably would have related with my position. The images were shocking. I couldnât make myself believe this was the same Saddam that slaughtered hundreds of thousands and plundered my countryâs wealth for decades. The humiliation I experienced was not out of nationalistic pride or Islamic notions of superiority or anything like that as some readers suggested. It was out of a feeling of impotence and helplessness. This was just one old disturbed man yet the whole country couldnât dispose of him. We needed a superpower from the other side of the ocean to come here and âget himâ for us. I was really confused that day I went out and almost got myself killed by those Fedayeen and angry teenagers in the Adhamiya district. Rachel and Ali explained the Stockholm Syndrome in the comments section. I havenât heard about it before, but it did help me understand my contradicting feelings. I didnât want to see him humiliated as much as I loathed him. And that is why I was dissapointed with myself. I want to see him sit in an Iraqi court and explain himself to Iraqis. I want to hear him apologize to Iraqis. It wonât help the dead, but I want to hear it anyway. He must be handed over to Iraqis. I donât care about legitimacy. He must be tried publicly in an Iraqi civil court by Iraqi judges. The rest of the Arab dictators should see it and learn from it. And Iâm still wondering why? Why did he have to put himself into this? Why did he have to destroy Iraq? What did he gain from all of this? Any comments by Dr. White, another physician or anyone with grief counceling/ desaster debriefing would be enlightening to me. Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-20 |
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