Choudhry Sahib:

First of all, we have to understand that whatever opinions we have about Saddam and his legacy; it is not going to make any difference at all. It is only people of Iraq who will decide on his legacy, I mean those unfortunate people who had to go  through four devastating wars during Saddam's era and, as a result, it cost human race hundreds of thousands Iraqi and non-Iraqi lives. I believe that all the learned and well-informed readers of this forum will agree that he lost all the wars he started, didn't he? ( If you want you can say SADDAM DIDN'T WIN ANY WAR he started, I have no objection!)

You write:

"Saddam Hussein will be remembered as the lion that rose from Tikrit, the land of Salahuddin. Yes, the same Saladin, the Crusaders' nightmare.  And that land will produce more like them."

I think in above lines, you are comparing Saddam with Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi, a man who spent his whole life in fighting against crusaders, right! I never heard or observed that Saddam ever fought against any crusaders! In fact, he only invaded his neighbor Muslim sovereign states, the first one was Shia and the second was Sunni( of course, you always have a reason to kill someone!)  Choudhry Sahib, if you want, I can send you a video link in which this THIEF of Baghdad ( you have full right to call him a Lion!)  is meeting with Rumsfeld, today’s crusader, with a big smile on his face, because today's crusader ( yesterday's friends) had arrived in Baghdad as a U.S. envoy for Baghdad, and this today’s crusader i.e. Rumsfeld had come there to assure Saddam Al-Tikriki for Washington's ( Crusaders') full support against his enemy i.e. Islamic Republic of Iran! It is clearly written in the history books that before he invaded another Islamic country i.e. Kuwait, he met with the Crusaders' representative i.e. U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie and sought her opinion about his conflict with Kuwait. 

An excerpt from L.A. Times's article.

"In July 1990, U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad April Glaspie told Hussein that Washington had “no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait,” a statement she later regretted." 

Now, we all see how your lion was trapped by Crusaders! After his Kuwait adventure, Muslims' holy land became a permanent residence of Crusaders, practically controlling Arab’s resources, is it not true? By the way, who is responsible for this debacle? George Bush Sr.? I leave it up to our learned readers' conscience and wisdom.

Now let's recollect what happened during the first day of U.S. occupation of Iraq. Bush asked this family of butchers to leave Iraq within 24 hours. It was not a message for Saddam, but it was a message for Iraqi Army, and we all saw how brutally U.S. bombarded this unfortunate nation once again. On CNN, when a news anchor asked a U.S. soldier in Baghdad about any resistance, in a few words, he explained the whole situation, "It was a wonderful three and half hour drive from Kuwait to Baghdad!"

It suddenly dawned upon us that NOT A SINGLE army man wanted to fight for Saddam Al-Tikriti, Qusay the butcher, and Uday the rapist. Of course, brave soldiers of Iraq could fight for Iraq, but not for a cabal of thieves and criminals. By the way, where did you see a crusade fought by Saddam and his infamous sons?

Please enlighten us when and where exactly he fought against any crusaders? I am sure that you fully understand the meaning of word 'fighting'.

Choudhry Sahib, you will definitely agree that George Bush is one of the most hated person on the planet, won’t you?  It is just to inform you that Bush and Saddam Al-Tikriki have the same qualification: BOTH INVADED TWO MUSLIM COUNTRIES and wrought havoc there! I am looking forward to hearing from you, but please don’t talk about lion or any other animal. Your arguments must be based upon rationalistic approach, supported by facts and logic. After all, FOTH is a forum of learned, well-informed and the peace loving people..

Syed Shabab