Originally posted by: Phokus
Originally posted by: Marshallj
Athough it's a stretch, I can see what they mean.
While certainly he isn't the "meanest" dictator ever, he has done a pretty bad job of leading his country to prosperity. With the natural resources that his country has, it should be prospering. They are the #2 oil producer in the world. By repeatedly leading his country to wars that they can't win and angering the international community, he ensures that there's always somebody's foot on his head keeping his country down.
That's probably the most retarded interpretation i've read yet. I'm pretty sure the pentagon was alluding to the comparison on human rights/foreign policy, etc. etc. You think the pentagon is say, 'hey, we're invading iraq because saddam doesn't know how to take care of his finances!'?
If that was the case, the pentagon would have to invade the whitehouse first