Originally Posted by Webby

Try expanding that knowledge to wider fields and over several decades and find out who financed, trained and participated in the torture and killings of 1000's of people in Latin America and who bombed out democratically elected leaders of several nations. You don't have to look far.

Sure Saddam committed human rights violations - so did a number of leaders all over the globe - and don't exclude the US. There are no clean hands - sadly they are all stinking filthy. It's best to have a clean back yard before commenting on others.