Life was good for Saddam. He built Palaces with his people’s food money and let them starve.
And he let his sons rape and murder his own people. Of course, Saddam was no stranger to murder, having been responsible for killing thousands, including using WMD to kill.
Yes, he got to pillage and plunder his own people, while the UN turned a blind eye. He paid off the UN officials to turn a blind eye. The people who should have been protecting the Iraq people were under Saddam’s payroll. They failed the Iraqis.