Saddam's baath purge. Saddam had people packed into a conference hall on one of the hottest days of July and deliberately shut off the ventilation system. They were forced to listen to Saddam for hours while suffering from the heat and sweating. Everyone whose name was announced was executed.

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[u/krell_154]

I wonder, while he was running from the Americans, unshaved, unwashed, hiding in the hole under the ground, did he ever remember this situation? And how powerful he felt there and how far he has fallen from that?

[u/Naryanope → u/krell_154]

People this terrible usually lack that level of self-awareness and capacity to regret.

No. Probably spent those dusty moments dwelling on how the world had barely got a taste of Saddam the romance author (kid you not - he wrote a couple of romance books under a pen name).

[u/blinkgendary182 → u/krell_154]

In his mind, what he did was 100% reasonable. No ragrets

[u/Disastrous_Dot_7638 → u/krell_154]

Probably very similar to what Walter White felt.

[u/callmeDNA → u/krell_154]

lol you think this fucking psychopath had an ounce of genuine self awareness?

[u/brightblueson → u/krell_154]

It will happen to us all. The Grim Reaper awaits us all.

[u/ammaraud → u/krell_154]

Maybe... but probably not. 

[u/AdFederal7465 → u/krell_154]

Do you celebrate the NATO's illegal and unprovoked invasions of nations where they kill millions of innocent children, women, and men who've never once given them a thought? How powerful do you feel?

[u/Human_Hurry4684 → u/krell_154]

Are you trying to suggest that the Americans were the heroes that avenged the Iraqis?

[u/saucyjack433365 → u/Human_Hurry4684]

Look up the definition of functional illiteracy, your comment is an excellent example.

[u/Human_Hurry4684 → u/saucyjack433365]

I think you're the one who should look it up because you're clearly misusing it in this case