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They didn't like him, more than anything they feared him. Imagine the United States being run by the Mafia. That was pretty much Iraq under Saddam's crime family, the Tikriti.Probably not. Despite his obvious flaws, Saddam governed in a style they seemed to like. At least he kept the electricity and water running.
The US has a long established history of interfering in the business of other countries, and thereby causing mayhem and violence. Looks like we're going to do it again in Syria.
There was already mayhem and violence in Syria. Iraq is similar enough to Syria for a similar course of events to have occurred, just with the religions switched. The difference is that we didn't sit by and watch, we turned things to our liking, if only by an inch.