Tuesday, May 6

Belated

It occurred to me the other day that even recently deposed tyrants have birthdays. It's got to be a big letdown to megalomaniac like Saddam Hussein when you can no longer coerce an entire nation to celebrate your birthday. I bet the people of Iraq didn't even send him a card.

But, I suppose there might be one or two Baathist loyalists who might send Saddam something from his Amazon Wishlist.



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