Saddam was evil but America is worse

From some questions sent to The Big Pharaoh

Do the Egyptian people understand the level of tyranny under which the Iraqi people lived?

They do especially after it became all clear when Saddam's regime fell. However, they consider the US to be worse than Saddam. Another rationale goes on like this: it's better for Arabs to be slaughtered by another Arab than to have a Western occupying power in an Arab/Muslim country.

What did Egyptians know about Iraqi's level of suffering under Saddam? Have they heard the stories of the various methods of brutality used against the Iraqi people, e.g., used as prey for wild animals for the amusement of SH sons, gassings, killing children in front of the parents. Do they believe or disbelieve these stories?

Yes, but remember, the US is considered the Big Big Satan here. No atrocity, no slaughter, nothing can be more than what the US is doing. This is how they view things here. Quite stupid I know but that this how the majority thinks here.

Is Abu Ghraib considered more egregious than that of the brutality of Saddam Hussein?

Very few is said about the brutality of Saddam. Some justify this brutality by saying that this was what Iraq needed to keep it together. Hatred of the US runs very high; no evil can overshadow this hatred. It takes lonely independent minds like me to admit the difference between Abu Ghraib and what Saddam used to do or in fact what Arab governments do in their own prisons on a daily basis.

And now for some schizophrenia.

Would the Egyptian people prefer that Saddam Hussein was back in power?

Yes, not because they like him but because they hate the US. Again, I want to stress on the fact that most Egyptians have nothing against Americans as people and American culture is wide spread here.

As John Belushi once said while playing a shiek, "how much for all your women"?

Anyone going on holiday to Egypt this year?
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