[Osborn F Enready]

Idlemaniac said:
Yes, they do share many qualities but honestly tell me their intentions are the same.

I say:
Yes, they are the same in intent.

Both want a supreme rulership, untouchable by the masses, or especially the minority whichever form it may take.

Both believe in strong leadership above and beyond what is limited by petty law.....

Both are willing to shrug off Constitutional entrapments, or limits on power, to achieve what is in their personal view, a "better" nation.

They are both extremists, both seperated from reality by a deafeningly blind ideology and basis of what reality actually is.

To me there is only ONE difference. Saddam wanted to rule for as long as possible to ensure his message was carried on. Bush has a large party of co-conspirators, so he is comfortable handing over power to other equally corrupt, narrow visioned morons at the end of his term, be they from the puppet "other party" or his "home party". Both major parties are hell bent on the same agenda anyway, so it is of no matter which one reigns for their short term periods.