I figure that Saddam would have done our bidding had we paid him off

[The_Casual_Observer]

with the money we have spent in Iraq over the last 6 years. None of those poor souls would be dead either.

[regnaD kciN]

1. Yep, and...

...we probably could have even eventually convinced him to take retirement (on our dime) in a posh villa in Dubai, after handing over power to a general of our choosing.

It would have cost a lot less (in lives and dollars) but wouldn't have allowed Bush to strut across an aircraft carrier in a crotch-stuffed flightsuit.

[spag68]

2. In the past

that was how it worked, ask Cheney.