Baath Party again

Lately there has been some talk about the US looking for a new Saddam - a US-friendly Saddam - to take control of Iraq. Some of the conjecture looks to the Baath Party and its influence, power and control. From Wikipedia:

The Arabic word Ba'th means "resurrection" or "renaissance" as in the party's founder Michel Aflaq's published works "On The Way Of Resurrection". Ba'thist beliefs combine Arab Socialism, nationalism, and Pan-Arabism. The mostly secular ideology often contrasts with that of other Arab governments in the Middle East, which sometimes tend to have leanings towards Islamism and theocracy.

Could a Baath leader be the answer to civil war and Iran? Is Allawi the next strong-arm (ex-Baathist) leader? His assessment is spot on:

"We are losing each day an average of 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more," he said. "If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is. Iraq is in the middle of a crisis. Maybe we have not reached the point of no return yet, but we are moving towards this point. We are in a terrible civil conflict now."

Install a puppet dictator. Use them. Abuse them. Use them as a pawn against Iran. Then invade them and overthrow them.

We practiced with Saddam. We're pros at this game by now.