Saddam Hussein

A politician belonging to that generation of "rais" who were followed by Gaddafi, Assad Sr., Mubarak & company, who "de facto" managed authoritarian regimes of an Islamic nature with a warlike spirit displayed on various occasions (in his case, the tragic and brutal decade-long war against Iran, which resulted in a tremendous number of deaths and ambushes against civilians, including the infamous massacre by gas), criticized for many years by the international community, after yet another belligerent act, this time against Kuwait, which plays a fundamental role in the Middle Eastern chessboard, those who were once his allies (we remember that he was reassured at dawn of the anticipated attack by members of the government staff, even with a meeting in Baghdad) suddenly turned their guns on him, intervening with a massive coalition in the first Gulf War, where he was literally swept away (militarily speaking). After the first trick played by Bush Sr., the (unfortunately) nonsensical intervention of Bush Jr. followed, which we all remember... just as we remember from there on all that series of events that led to today’s crisis, ending in the usual way the US then uses to dispose of other "uncomfortable" figures. If we are to evaluate him from a moral standpoint, he is a nefarious and bellicose character; however, if we are to assess the behavior of the Americans, it reveals an unlimited hypocrisy.