At least Sadam kept the nests under control for us. It was a lot cheaper for us too, and didn't threaten pulling the world into another world war.

This kind of "he may be a thug, but he's our thug" thinking formed a lot of our foreign policy during the Cold War. The jury is still out on whether or not this was a good idea in the long run.

Ironically, if you were actually able to linearly integrate your concepts, you would realize that the statement you just made was exactly the justification for our alliances with Saddam against the mullahs of Iran and Soviet clients. Try and remember that next time someone posts the famous picture of Rumsfeld and Saddam.