Arabs and other Muslims generally agreed that Saddam Hussein might be a bloody tyrant, but, paralleling FDR's thinking, "he is our bloody tyrant." In their view, the invasion was a family affair to be settled within the family and those who intervened in the name of some grand theory of international justice were doing so to protect their own selfish interests and to maintain Arab subordination to the west. Samuel P. Huntington
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In the past, the use of chemical weapons against the people of Iraq has been a topic of debate. Saddam Hussein was accused many times of using chemical weapons against his own people. His use of chemical weapons against his own people was used as evidence that he was a tyrant and an aggressor. However, after 9/11, members of the Arab world strongly supported Saddam Hussein and argued that he had been wrongly accused and that his use of chemical weapons against his own people could not be used as evidence to prove he was a tyrant and an aggressor.

Source: The Clash Of Civilizations And The Remaking Of World Order

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