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You mean the strongman the US put in power to avoid another Communist state?

Now we're back to South America right?

No, I believe he's staying wholly whithin Iraq with that comment, though in this case, it wasn't Communism the US feared, but the possibility of an Islamic fundamentalist state like Iran. So they put Saddam into power. Let's face it, the US doesn't have a good track record when it comes to installing governments in other countries, and are completely willing to subvert democracy when it suits them.