How US arranged the plot in a tale of two tyrants

SUCH was the delight of the US administration on hearing that Saddam had been hanged that one could almost visualise these wonderful upholders of democracy and freedom dancing in a big circle around the White House and singing ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’.

They can well celebrate and rejoice because it is safe and politically correct for them to applaud. The Wicked Witch of the East had ceased to be a friend of America since he invaded oil-rich Kuwait and imperilled US interests in the region.

Before that, even when Saddam was slaughtering Iranians and gassing Kurds, he was firmly on the side of the Stars and Stripes.