2007-06-19 19:50:29 · 12 answers · asked by america8298 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If historians in the future judge that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was the beginning of the fall of the United State, then I can see him being mentioned in the history books. Otherwise, he will be forgotten.
BTW, shouldn't it be "rest in pieces." :P
2007-06-19 22:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by dapdogs 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As Adolph Hitler once said, "The victor writes the history." What will be said about Saddam will largely depend upon who wins the War on Terror in the end. If the terrorists win Saddam will be remembered as the brave martyr who stood up against the infidel. If America and the rest of the western world win he will be remembered as the little petty tyrant Hitler wannabe sponsor of terror.
2007-06-19 20:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by straight talk 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They'll say the same thing we say about barbaric leaders 1000 years ago, "why'd I take Advanced ancient cultures, the mid-term is gonna suck!"
He might spawn some urban legends in the middle-east, "if I go swimming in the Tigris Saddam might swim up my urethra" or "I've heard if you say Saddams name three times while looking in the mirror on Ramadan, he appears ... and then oppresses you"
2007-06-19 20:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jon 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What will be remembered through out the years is what we did to the planet and how the USA might have used our individual and collective power for the greater good. In a 1000 years we may have given up on "thought" and evolved to something more interesting and positive.
2007-06-19 20:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Lilaac 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You must be kidding. 1000 yrs. from now only people studying obscure history will even know who he is, and those for only long enough to take a test. He is a pimple on the a s s of history. Your asking this is kind of like Goering saying, before he killed himself to avoid hanging, "Fifty years from now there will be statues of me all over Germany". The only monuments are to his victims.
2007-06-19 20:23:41 · answer #5 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do you remember Tito? Probably not!
He was president of Yugoslavia after the second world war.
He was a tyrant, an equivalent of Saddam.
He died in 1980 and soon after that the sh... hit the fan, sure he was a bloody tyrant killing people, imprisoning them.
Just one thing though check out the death toll due to "tyranny" during his "reign" and after his death due to "democracy"!
Same with Saddam his demise comes from some idiot who accused him of harboring arms of mass destruction and when they couldn't find a wet petard in his cellar they said they had to go to stop his "tyranny"!
Just check out the death toll before 2003 and after!!!
Besides historian buffs nobody will remember these people.
2007-06-19 20:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by telluride 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The same as what most experts are saying now : "Another US puppet dictator that was attacked by them when it wasn't useful anymore and went rogue. The resulting war fanned terrorist activities for generations all over the world."
2007-06-19 21:10:33 · answer #7 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1000 years from now, it will be like Saddam who?
Oh, he was that despot who was behind so many brutal murderous acts of senseless slaughter.
I'm sure the Kurds will hold him in high esteem now and future I think not...♥
2007-06-19 20:01:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Great scot! Jon's right. Everyone, cover your urethras! Quick!
2007-06-19 20:46:01 · answer #9 · answered by James924 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Martyr to some and murderer to others. There will be very few in between views- there will mostly be extreme views.
2007-06-19 19:53:04 · answer #10 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋