The Iraqi people elected Saddam Hussein unanimously over the alternative, "kill me, rape my wife, and torture my entire family."
And we have to keep in mind that this guy probably wouldn't been selected *cough*, I mean, elected regardless of our deposing of Saddam Hussein. Iran's mullahs have been moving in this direction for a while now because they see their power base slipping. Afghanistan and Iraq have only worked to further reinforce the local democracy movement making the inevitable an immediate necessity.