Byline: HELEN THOMAS
President Bush is so right. Saddam Hussein is a bad man, a tyrant. With a wink from us, he went to war with Iran in 1980 and invaded Kuwait in 1990. He has defied the United Nations. And he has been ruthless toward the Iraqi people.
Bush made those points in the State of the Union address, but he still didn't explain why the United States should attack Iraq.
I could name a host of national leaders in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe who also are bad men. But Bush isn't hell-bent on deposing them. The fact is, the President blew it Tuesday night. With the world watching, he passed up a chance to make a …
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