If you want a TRUE perspective on Saddam then you might want to research the historical origins of the border conflict between Iran and Iraq.

I know Saddam is a bad guy but you won't further your cause by getting your facts wrong.

I know that at least one of the border skirmishes was initiated by the The Shah or Iran in order to push the border back just far enough to gain a foothold into the edge of the Dehloran oil field.

It was a source of much annoyance to Iraq that Iran was the first country to produce oil from this oil field which was originally all within Iraq's border.