>>I think it would have been a foolishly courageous engineer who told Saddam that his dam project wasn't going to work... That isn't how it works. You don't ju

>>I think it would have been a foolishly courageous engineer who told Saddam that his dam project wasn't going to work... That isn't how it works. You don't just walk up to the dictator and troll him/her in the face about their project. You discuss engineering merits/demerits, risks/advantages make a brief conclusion and leave it there. You leave the decision to the them. Its a totally different thing for them to neglect all of that and continue with their will. But a good engineer would talk on the project's merit instead of talking about the dictators foolishness on the project.