I have been reading, recently, about what happened to the country of Iraq under the lawless government of the late Saddam Hussein.
He was a ruthless man, who would do anything to have absolute power over his country. He was guilty of killing, or having murdered, thousands -- anyone who threatened his power or control of his government.
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