... observations though arrived at nearly a half century ago, are still useful for profiling present day and, hopefully, someday predicting future totalitarian regimes. To demonstrate this premise, an assessment of Saddam Hussein's regime, using the central elements of Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism, will be presented. To aid in the analysis and discussion, some historical examples will be provided to shed light ... in its name. For Arendt, this explained Hitler's use of the camps as "laboratories" (Kohn, section 3, page 1) and explains Saddam's use of chemical and biological weapons a...

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... , eventually ending in exile in Paris. After, many of the supporters of the Shah were sought out, captured and many were executed. While Iran was going through the Islamic Revolution, Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president, saw an opportunity to invade Iran while Iran was at its weakest military point. With a civil war in its midst, Iran seemed to be very vulnerable to ... foreign invasions and Hussein saw his chance. On September 22, 1980, Iraq launched an air and land invasion of western Iran which was officially said to be over a waterway in the Persian Gulf and ... troops had withdrawn...

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... has been solved quite easily if you were to look at the United States" current international footing. A new and possibly better convincing enemy has been found in the likes of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The U.S. government has continued a policy of convincing the American public of the great evil existing elsewhere to achieve their economic, technological and defensive objectives. ...

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