Saddam Hussein

“ When the facts concerning a given question are clearer to a Ba’athist comrade than they are to other comrades of the Front in Sinjar to take one example, and the Ba’athist fails to convey the information to the other comrades, they are bound to become rumormongers. How can they know what facts are not true? Why does the Ba’athist not explain the facts to them at the meetings of the Front committees in order to refute their pretexts of being ignorant of the true facts? Regular weekly meetings would create the opportunity to tell your comrades what is true and what is not. ”

“ Whereas the Ba’athist think that Front committee meetings facilitate at their expense the preparation of sectarian plans in the interests of other Front participants, other Front groups believe that the regularity of Front activities can only lead to Ba’athist making gains at the expense of others. When this new logic is replaced by one founded on a willingness to cooperate in the control of new realities, however, no group will view the logic of the opposite areas antagonistic. In other words, no groups will make gains at the expense of others. ”

“ There should be more interaction through regular meetings and an examination of the political decisions and administrative measures of the State together with their basic justification according to the folk proverb, “incense banishes wickedness.” We say, instead, “clarity banishes wickedness in the same way that a candle banishes darkness.” ”

“ If they observe someone attacking the National Front Parties in the presence of a Ba’athist who does not defend them against the attackers and make it clear that their criticism is incompatible with Front relations—and conversely, if they find someone attacking the Ba’athist before Front Party members—it will only encourage these groups to attack any Front Party before others. ”