The Assigned Washington Post Op-Ed by Daniel Chirot Can Be

The assigned Washington Post Op-Ed by Daniel Chirot can be interpreted as asserting that

A) inadequate education and lack of knowledge of history in the population is why saddam hussein's government succeeded in ruling iraq for so long
B) the right way to think about saddam hussein's government is basically as if he were the head of a mafia organization
C) saddam hussein's government could be described as adhering to an organic philosophy
D) the biggest problem in iraq under saddam hussein was a lack of rule of law