March 03, 2003

SADDAM HUSSEIN, POETRY LOVER

"Saddam appreciates and promotes Iraqi poetry, art and literature,' says Abdul Wahid, who says he believes had Saddam not become a politician, he could have been a professional literary critic or a writer."--Abdul Wahid (Iraqi poet)

      We learn that, even in his hour of peril, Saddam lends support, not just to Iraqi poets, but to poets around the world. And they in turn reciprocate by adding their voices to his, in opposition to the crude, cowboy President of the United States and his oh so un-poetic war.The official government publication Iraq Daily hails the effort, led by American poets, to prevent removal of such a patron of the arts.
      Perhaps Saddam can perform one final service to world literature by inviting these poets to share his Baghdad bunker when the bombs begin to fall.

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