[piasa]

Executing your own people is generally not a good way to win friends and influence people.

Well, you might win over French and Germans, but you won't win over the locals.

[FITZ]

Executing your own people is generally not a good way to win friends and influence people.

Actually it seems to work pretty well ---I doubt Saddam is much different than Hitler or Stalin and he influenced many until we had to put a stop to it. All the so-called peace protestors seem to be pretty favorably influenced by Saddam. And Hollywood types too.