No one here cheered for saddam. You have a few good points, but I get the feeling you must have non-Russian family from the Ukraine.
You’re right that no one here (on FreeRepublic) cheered Saddam. The Left has typically cheered and apologized for America’s enemies (Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Ho, Saddam, etc.). Now, a small clique of “rightists” is doing the same with Putin. And no I do not have any kin in the Ukraine.