Saddam's Pedo Sex Tape

According to ex-CIA guys, the agency talked about producing a fake surveillance tape of a Saddam look-alike butt-f*cking a young boy as part of their efforts to lose him cred with Iraqis back in 2003. But the plan was rejected:

The ideas were patently ridiculous, said the other former agency officer. “Saddam playing with boys would have no resonance in the Middle East -- nobody cares,” agreed a third former CIA official with extensive experience in the region.

So the Dear Leader having sex with young boys would only have raised a collective "meh..." from the Iraqis? As a liberal to whom cultural chauvinism is anathema, how the hell am I supposed to process this?!