>Then you choose to ignore the fact that he gassed the Iranians and his own people. There has been quite a bit of commentary on the fact that Saddam did not use biological or chemical weapons in 1991 because he knew it would mean his end.
... and of course the fact that he chose, at that moment, not to use them on a large scale, doesn't guarantee that he is "safe".
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)