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In Reply to: "PRINCE" posted by Hillary on January 19, 1999 at 15:38:13:

I really do not see Saddam as a perfect leader. If he ones the "perfect leader" he would not be in the trouble he is in. The Kurds want him out he is a wanted man and he has foreign troops in Iraq. That doesn't fit with the idea of a perfect leader. The perfect leader doesn't go looking for war and the people under him are content and have no worries. Just because we see people on television chanting "Saddam, Saddam" doesn't mean they agree with him, he has interfered with their daily lives (bombings, raids)
One rule of Machiavelli was that a perfect leader does not intefere with the daily loves on the people he rules. Saddam has done this. I also don't think Saddam is in control, if he was this would have been over a long time ago. And if he sees this as a game then it is a very dangerous game to be playing.
There is no real "perfect leader" in todays world, because times have changed. The world is connected. You can find out what goes on in the a country in a matter of minutes. One half of the world now knows what the other is doing. Wars, famine, political intrigue, all don't go unnoticed anymore. Of course we may not see everything, but it is much much harder to hide something today then in the 15-17 century.

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: I really do not see Saddam as a perfect leader. If he ones the "perfect leader" he would not be in the trouble he is in. The Kurds want him out he is a wanted man and he has foreign troops in Iraq. That doesn't fit with the idea of a perfect leader. The perfect leader doesn't go looking for war and the people under him are content and have no worries. Just because we see people on television chanting "Saddam, Saddam" doesn't mean they agree with him, he has interfered with their daily lives (bombings, raids) : One rule of Machiavelli was that a perfect leader does not intefere with the daily loves on the people he rules. Saddam has done this. I also don't think Saddam is in control, if he was this would have been over a long time ago. And if he sees this as a game then it is a very dangerous game to be playing. : There is no real "perfect leader" in todays world, because times have changed. The world is connected. You can find out what goes on in the a country in a matter of minutes. One half of the world now knows what the other is doing. Wars, famine, political intrigue, all don't go unnoticed anymore. Of course we may not see everything, but it is much much harder to hide something today then in the 15-17 century.

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