Wow. I'm simply amazed at some of these posts here. I guess Saddam was a good guy and deserved an ice-cream cone **rolleyes**.
Saddam DID NOT have any right to shoot at planes. There was a UN resolution...but WAIT! That really means nothing actually, it's just ink on a piece of paper, so that must be right. He could shoot. He could also MURDER a million or so people, but hey! That's okay - he's got every right. Right? It's his sovereign country.
Because it was his "sovereign country", he could put people through a SHREDDER, head or feet first. No biggie.....I'm sure it didn't hurt.
His psycopathic sons could RAPE, ABUSE AND MURDER women in their torture chambers, but hey! That's okay. It was his sovereign nation.
Yep, let's give it back to Saddam. He's the leader of a "sovereign" country. **hurl**