Dressing up as a dictator..

So my German friend's Dress-Up-As-A-Dictator party went down on Wednesday and it was a success. Surprisingly, I found that the only dictatorship outfit I could construct with my already existing wardrobe was Saddam Hussein. I went for khaki linen from top to toe and wrapped my houndtooth patterned H&M scarf around my head. Who would have thought? I walked around feeling about as awkward as a clownfish in a piranha tank. Not because of the crowd there, they are all good friends, however it just felt a bit offensive. but is it really more offensive to dress up as Saddam then Hitler, or the Pope? Is it offensive at all, they are all historical, sometimes comical, figures? Anyway, it was too hot for all of us and 30 minutes in we all half-Stalin/half gay-pride or what ever t-shirt went under that 20 pound military jacket. Mustaches flew off 10 minutes later and we just continued the party in old-school-early-twenty-something fashion by drinking cheap rose wine out of tea cups and Leffe beer out of wine glasses and discussing the meaning of life.