What do you think of secular Arab nationalist leaders like Saddam,

They were semi-succesful at best, and most of Baathists betrayed Baathism as soon as reaching power. Arabs are too fucking tribal to achieve any sort of unity, and there are significant differences between various Arab regions.

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the problem with them was the fact that they committed genocide on a regular basis. The world would care less about them and see them in the same light as say Nigeria or Algeria if they didn't.