That's basically what the U.S. did for quite a while, wasn't it? And we certainly didn't enhance our moral credibility by allying with Stalin -- who had killed 30 million people in Eastern Europe in the 1930s -- to defeat Hitler.
How can you call that government moderate when it tortured and killed thousands of its own people?
I didn't call the government "moderate" in general -- I called it "moderate" in comparison to other governments in the region. Every Islamic government in that region has engaged in the torture and death of its own people (do some research on Jordan's King Hussein -- that long-time champion of peace in the Middle East -- for a good lesson in this). So Saddam's crimes are really nothing special in that region.
When they were on their way (by all accounts at the time) to having nuclear weapons and refused, FOR YEARS, to allow the UN in to verify their compliance? When they stole aid for the welfare of their own people and used it to produce weapons? Maybe we should have just waited 'til they send a nuke into Israel?
None of these things are legitimate reasons for the U.S. to topple a government. In fact, for one of them -- telling the United Nations to "f#&% off!" -- he ought to get a medal.
Boy -- you ARE a mess. They were right.
Well how about the fact that he had intentions and was taking actions to topple the government of these united States....course you perhaps have not been following the translation of the Saddam documents....
Saddam killed 2 million and you defend his honor?
And why are you trying to make enemies out of the countries that play on our side?