[general_re]

Tell me why you insist on the fallacy of the false dichotomy, that Iraq must either labor under the tyrant Saddam or the mullahs of the house of Saud, and no other alternative is available, so therefore the tyrant is comparatively better and must be restored posthaste.

[A. Pole]

Tell me why you insist on the fallacy of the false dichotomy, that Iraq must either labor under the tyrant Saddam or the mullahs of the house of Saud, and no other alternative is available, so therefore the tyrant is comparatively better and must be restored posthaste.

In the Middle East you have choice between authoritarian secular government or grass-root Islamic one. Saddam Hussein was bad, but a moderate Baath regime could be a good alternative. Unfortunately it is too late and the Pandora Box is opened.