"...countries governed by tyrants like Saddam."

Or like Musharaf (U.S. Ally)

Or like the Saudi Royal Family (U.S. Ally)

Or like Pinochet (former U.S. Ally)

Or like Marcos, the Shah of Iran, Pol Pot, the Nicaraguan Contras ...... (former U.S. Allies)

Or like ____________ (fill in any one of dozens of tyrannical regimes the U.S. presently supports)

Or even like Saddam himself! (former U.S. Ally)