saddam, the czar and the kaiser

Leon Hadar makes an excellent point in his column today. Basically, when the Russian Czar and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany were deposed in the early part of the twentieth century, everyone thought that was a good thing and that conditions would improve in both countries. Clearly, that is not what happened and Hadar cautions us that we might eventually be nostalgic for Saddam if what eventually replaces him is on a par with Stalin or Hitler. Sometimes it's better to stick with the devil you know.