Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein (April 28th, 1937 - December 30th, 2006) was the Dictator of Iraq from 1968 to 2003, an American enemy from 1968-1979 and again from 1990 until his death, and a huge American ally from 1980 to 1990. Saddam Hussein was a secular and Westernized terrorist who violently repressed anyone who challenged his authority. At first he was hated by the United States, not because he was a dictator (America loves dictators), but because his socialist policies were not in line with what the West wanted. As a result he was hated from 1968 until 1980. After the Shah of Iran was overthrown in 1979, Rotten Ronnie began to provide aid to Saddam Hussein and gave him chemical weapons that he used on his own people.

He was Reagan and Bush's darling until 1990 when he disobeyed his Western masters and invaded Kuwait. Overnight Saddam had become an monster and sanctions were applied to his regime after he invaded Kuwait. President "Curious" George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 in hopes of liberating Iraq's oil supplies from the Iraqi people. Saddam was put on trial after his capture in December of 2003. Careful steps were taken not to link Saddam to President Reagan or the first President Bush and Saddam was executed on December 30th, 2006.