was trying to bring about unity amongst the Muslims cutting across sectarian divide. This would not suit western game plan. That Sadddam was a ruthless dictator was visible. A backward country needed a firm administration. There is no democracy anywhere in the middle east and in this iraq was no exception. Or Saddam had achieved a modicum of modernity and some democracy and kept the country united But Western policy makers are more ruthless when persuing their foreign policy objectives.
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