[Cogadh na Sith]

Because he was a secularist who was the main obstacle to the spread of militant Islam.

No. Not by the '90s he wasn't.

After the first Gulf War he made a big point reconciling Ba'athism with Islam. He was shown praying 5 times a day along with encouraging a resurgence of Islam in Iraq.

He, unlike the Old Right, knew which side his felafel was buttered on.

I know his hanging was a hard blow to take, but maybe if the paleocons and Pat B. take up a collection you can make up the $25,000 he paid to the shaheed who blew up jews.

[A. Pole]

After the first Gulf War he made a big point reconciling Ba'athism with Islam. He was shown praying 5 times a day along with encouraging a resurgence of Islam in Iraq.

It was for show only. All Islamists knew it and he knew that they knew.

$25,000 he paid to the shaheed who blew up jews.

True, he paid money to the suicide bombers families. Still, was it worth to pay $500 billion (and possibly trillion or more in future) 3,000 US lives (and more in future) to replace him with some Islamists?

Do you think that attack on Iran will serve US and Israel interests?