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The problem is the governments of the countries that either allow people like Saddam to get into power, allow religions to dictate policy, or house terrorists. In other words, the opposite of our Constitution.

You assume WAY too much. As though everything else is equal except that the "governments" "permit" people like that to get into power. The fact is that throughout history it has virtually ALWAYS been people like that who have gotten power. That it happens less often in the West is because of the types of governments that have become the norm as well as a general change in the masses' political attitudes and expectations of life. Other places, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, almost anywhere in Africa, most of the Middle East, are still living in the Middle Ages. It wouldn't even occur to most of populace whether or not they should "permit" such folks as Saddam et al. from coming to power. As far as "the governments" of these countries--the government is only the gang of the previous guy to hold power. In the Dominican Republic, the government is called the "huacal" (sp.), the wooden box for Coke bottles. It's a bunch of empty spaces that are filled up by all the new guy's friends. How do they get their position? Amiguismo. THAT is the historical norm.