I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran.

Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate.

Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.

Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.

Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.

The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.