Saddam was no friend of ours notwithstanding.
And he was a Nazi. The Ba’ath Party is based on the combination of Arab Nationalism and Arab Socialism. Nazism preceded the Ba’athists in Egypt too, through Nasser.
But we supported him for awhile against Iran which created a sort of balance of power as it were and middle east stability as best as could be expected. Of course Hussein was a brutal evil bastard but unfortunately that’s what it takes to control brutal evil bastard people in some parts of the world. Look what we’ve got now!