24th January 2004, 11:29 AM
But the sanctions meant that as long as they were in place he wouldn't GET that half a chance! As for him being cruel and running a police state, well yeah. But his (in 2003; his worst years by far were until the early '90s...) wasn't as bad as plenty of others that are still in place yet we took him out. It wasn't just because he massacred a whole lot of people ten and more years ago.