House of Saddam

Last night I had the opportunity to watch this TV show. Only made four episodes, so personally I think it should have just been put into a movie. Its basically a documentary based on the years Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq. It goes through his relationships with family and friends and explores the working of Hussein.
For me this was definitely not something I would have discovered and watched on my own, but I am thankful I did. Seeing the sacrifice some people would make for the chance at power just makes my stomach turn. I guess if there wasn't all different people around this world life could get a little tedious and boring... That is where news comes from right? It reports on all the bad things happening around the world and is the source for people to discover things that are not happening right in front of their own face!
In this movie it shows how Suddam was afraid of deceit. Anyone that could have potentially betrayed his trust was killed, even his own blood. The scary part about that to me is that it didn't seem to bother him at all. It was natural to him to prove his strength and that was one of the ways he knew how to prove just that... He was essentially a rock emotionally, unless it was his daughters he was concerned about.
Another thing about him that bothered me was his lack of commitment to one woman. If he could commit himself to a whole nation of people and the position he was in, why was it so hard to commit to one woman. She was like the voice of reason that he just did not want to tolerate any longer, so he traded her in for a younger model who would whisper encouragement in his ear. Someone to feed his ego and empower his courage.
Many of things about this man churned my stomach throughout the whole movie.
Besides him, the movie itself was enlightening. It made me really consider what was happening over in the middle east all those years... I had never really sat and considered it much before, because it was all happening so far away from me, the desire for me to know more was never there. Seeing is believing, and I do believe that. It may have been a movie, but it definitely made me see things more clearly. Some times, some places can be really dangerous...
I suppose that is one thing that makes me happy I live in Canada.