Gorgeous George Lied/Contradicted Himself?

Lied? Sort of. Contradicted himself? Clear as crystal.

In the past, Gorgeous George opposed Saddam. In the 1990s, Gorgeous George called Saddam a hero to his people.

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Not so fast, George Galloway

As I have said here previously, those of us in the UK know there is plenty that George Galloway can be criticised for.
I don't actually count myself as a supporter or defender of George.

But I do find it amusing when he ably defeats - again and again - those who would attempt to lie about him or distort and falsify what he is supposed to have said and done.

I know, for instance, that some of the supposed 'praise' he is said to have heaped upon Saddam was actually not said to Saddam personally but about the Iraqi people (that 'indefatigable' speech for instance).

(......and isn't it depressing if somewhat amusing that the best they can come up with is some out of context words and a donation to a charity - as opposed to utterly ignoring Rummy's arms dealing etc etc, hmmmm?)

Nevertheless, what took them so long?
Jeeez he's only been and gone several weeks now and it's taken this length of time to come up with the bashing threads?