[Michael81Dus]

Yeah, right.

[Stultis]

Yeah, right.

Your (apparent) opinion that Saddam was not ripping off the Iraqi people and diverting oil money and oil for food resources to arms, palaces and patronage to murderous thugs, rapists and torturers is duely noted.

[hellinahandcart]

His point is that North Korea has literally nothing to sell that anyone wants, unlike Iraq, which was rolling in oil cash even during the "sanctions".

The only thing North Korea and Iraq have in common is that both heads of state were friggin' lunatics. They have to be approached differently for that reason.