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Seems the primary distinction is that Saddam (along with many dictators) engage in unspeakable evils with obtaining/consolidating power in their own provincial backwater as the endgame. They are horrific scumbags, but unless you are an immediate neighbor or Israel, those types pose little threat beyond the gas pump.
ISIS is attempting to galvanize an entire religion onto a path of violent, coerced religious conversion and adherence to their very specific interpretations of that religion. They have made it clear their ambitions are on a global scale from the outset.
Although both sides are evil, one is a more familiar, contained brand of evil that exists similarly in many countries while the other is a relatively unique threat.
I don't know that body count makes one more evil than the other.
ISIS is attempting to galvanize an entire religion onto a path of violent, coerced religious conversion and adherence to their very specific interpretations of that religion. They have made it clear their ambitions are on a global scale from the outset.
Although both sides are evil, one is a more familiar, contained brand of evil that exists similarly in many countries while the other is a relatively unique threat.
I don't know that body count makes one more evil than the other.
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