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Saddam hanged

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006.

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  1. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Which prominent Iraqi official had Saddam in his dead pool?
     
    Freelance Hack, Dec 29, 2006
    #25
  2. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    So I guess this would be No. 3

    James Brown
    Gerry Ford
    Saddam
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 29, 2006
    #26
  3. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Who was the idiot who gave Saddam the guns and blessing to ascend to power in the first place?
     
    Ace, Dec 29, 2006
    #27
  4. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    If Carter hadn't hung the Shah out to dry that wouldn't have happened.
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 29, 2006
    #28
  5. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam

     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006
    #29
  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Whatever happened to Tariq Aziz, btw?
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 29, 2006
    #30
  7. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Hung the Shah out to dry?
    You're not fucking serious.
    The Shah got run out of his country by a genuine populist uprising. What did you propose Carter do? Line up the 82nd Airborne with SAVAK?
    And the answer to who armed Saddam and the Baathists goes back to the Kennedy Administration.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Dec 29, 2006
    #31
  8. friend of a friend

    friend of a friend Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    I agree with what a few others have said. There's no way this turns out well.
     
    friend of a friend, Dec 29, 2006
    #32
  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Um, what? The Iranian Revolution happened in February 1979; the Ba'ath Party took power in Iraq in 1968, and Saddam was the No. 2 man in the Ba'ath party at that time.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006
    #33
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    And if Iran doesn't fall in 79, we aren't snuggling up to Saddam in the 80s.
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 29, 2006
    #34
  11. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    The 1953 coup was our Iranian fuckup. No 1953 coup, no 1979 revolution.
     
    writing irish, Dec 29, 2006
    #35
  12. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    I'm still struggling to figure out how you connect Saddam coming to power with the Iranian revolution.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006
    #36
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