I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death.
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.
We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.
I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.
When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.
Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.
I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.
For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.
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