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Why saddam?

Char Aina

17:20 / 18.03.03

every other dictator i can think of that we have gone to war with/dealt with has been known by their surname; stalin, hitler, mugabe, mussolin et al.

why dont we talk of hussein?

MJ-12

17:27 / 18.03.03

The late King Hussein of Jordan, I would imagine.

grant

18:07 / 18.03.03

I always thought it was a/ to make him familiar & less threatening, and b/ because of the words "Damn" and "Sodom".

We're The Great Old Ones Now

18:23 / 18.03.03

I think MJ-12 has it, although it could be for much the same reason that we talk of "Dubya" - because the speaker wants to diminuate the person concerned, diminish the weight accorded them in the discussion, and also, in a small way, control or even assail them.

bio k9

18:32 / 18.03.03

Yeah. It also seems that Joseph and Robert are pretty white boy names (and Benito just sounds nice). Saddam has that sinister sound of otherness.

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