Saddam and the Sophists

I was directed to this editorial on some similarities between Saddam and the Nazis by a link from J. Nordlinger's Impromptus. My favorite part-

Saddam acknowledged in court that he had ordered the summary trial that led to the execution of the villagers and the destruction of their farmland. "Where is the crime?" he asked, claiming that as president of Iraq all his actions were lawful.

Apparently, Saddam hasn't read up on the last 2500 years of Western Philosophy. Even with Saddam's help, the score is still Thrasymachus- 0, Socrates- 1.