Saddam Hussein really may be his own worst enemy. Here was his opportunity to tell his side of the story to the U.S., a chance to stir up dissent or at least raise a few doubts among the American people as they faced the dark uncertainty of war. And he blew it.
The Iraqi President's videotaped message to America last week was absurdly long -- 75 minutes of a staid Saddam at his desk, potted plant to his left -- and the rambling script brimmed with illogic, non sequiturs and esoteric references to history. In the land of the sound bite,...
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