America could've bought off Sadam. He was a business man at the end of the day. His religion was money and power. So long as he had more of one and at least appeared to still have the other he'd have struck a deal. The problem with the way dictators have been dealt with since the war is that people are too quick to relate back to the case of Hitler, who couldn't be appeased. The Hawks continally relate back to Hitler when justifying going to war with dictatorships. But Hitlers are rare, most dictators have their price.
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