>and I wonder how many people Saddam would have killed this month were he still in the position to do so...

That's bogus. Pulleaze.
I wonder how many Rwandans Clinton could have saved?
I wonder how many Sudanese Dubya could have saved in Darfur?
I wonder how many Haitians could have been saved if Ike had not supported Duvalier.

Add our support, and funding, over the years of many, many more dictators and the list is endless.

Just a few more in case your memory is iffy:
Saddam was supported by Reagan during the Iran-Iraq war.
The Shah of Iran was not a saint, and was supported by several US presidents
Nicaraguans were suffering too under Somoza (supported by several presidents) and after Somoza by the Sandinistas (not supported by US Presidents).
Pinochet, Batista, you name them...

Endless list. Bogus comment above.