New Saddam Hussein play in London is time to reflect on what was won and lost in era of violence | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

In a darkened theatre in London, the curtain raises and for the next couple of hours, a man pretending to be Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, struts the stage. The play is called Dinner with Saddam. In Baghdad, I open a web page reviewing the play. My Iraqi colleagues read the review with much…