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Is It Time for Iraqi and American Officials to Admit Iraq Needs a Tyrant?

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In 1990, then Iranian president Rafsanjani, when asked who should replace Saddam Hussein, replied, "Saddam Hussein." Only a strong man like Saddam, he and others believe, can rule a country as divided along sectarian lines as Iraq.

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