The face of war–frightened allied POWs and the dazed survivor of yet another Iraqi missile attack on Tel Aviv–became visible to all Americans last week. These images were among the latest evidence of Saddam Hussein’s willingness to use every means at his disposal–terror weapons, blatant propaganda, even environmental catastrophe–to counter the technological superiority of the United States and its allies. It may be true, as historians say, that the tendency to demonize the enemy is a regrettable byproduct of modern war. But in the escalating conflict along the Persian Gulf, it seemed, the enemy was willing to demonize himself.
