I've never been able to decide whether Hitler was a complicated phenomenon or completely brainless; more than anything, I think his success lay in his charisma and his public personality. He did a minimal amount of the work of day-to-day running of the country. I do think he was genuinely fond of his dog (in his twisted care over Blondi, he shot her himself at the end, so that the Allies wouldn't get her lol); but I read somewhere that the last person he ever truly loved was his mother, and that rings true to me.
As for Saddam, without wanting to sound bloodthirsty, hanging really is too good for him.

The sooner he is non-existent as a banner for loyalists to rally round, the better. If he was in the UK, however, we would be obliged merely to sentence him to "life" imprisonment; if we were feeling unusually strict, he might actually serve life as well. Failing that, we'd kindly give him a new identity and let him walk free again ... :lol:
Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. [JE Hoover]