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Saddam Hussein Prediction...
11 Oct 2011 13:13 #1
by CinnamonGirl
Saddam Hussein Predicted in 1993 That America Would Overspend Disastrously on Foreign Wars
by Elizabeth Nicholas 9:00 PM, OCTOBER 10 2011
BY CHIP HIRES/GAMMA-RAPHO/GETTY IMAGES.
When coalition forces marched into Baghdad in April of 2003, one of the many spoils of war were hundreds of hours of audio recording between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. In the forthcoming The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant’s Regime, 1978–2001, transcripts provide a rare glimpse into the dictator’s inner monologue on everything from the Iran-Iraq War to relations with George W. Bush’s administration and its ties to oil and gas companies.
But it is a passage from a January 1993 meeting on relations with the incoming Clinton administration that offers perhaps the most penetrating look at Hussein’s foresight and strategic acumen. In describing “the new international situation,” the late Iraqi leader looks into the future, and analyzes American foreign policy—making predictions that in the intervening years, in part, come to pass. Here, in an excerpted portion, he discusses the United States’ foray into Somalia in the early 1990s:
Saddam Hussein Prediction... was created by CinnamonGirl
Saddam Hussein Predicted in 1993 That America Would Overspend Disastrously on Foreign Wars
by Elizabeth Nicholas 9:00 PM, OCTOBER 10 2011
BY CHIP HIRES/GAMMA-RAPHO/GETTY IMAGES.
When coalition forces marched into Baghdad in April of 2003, one of the many spoils of war were hundreds of hours of audio recording between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. In the forthcoming The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant’s Regime, 1978–2001, transcripts provide a rare glimpse into the dictator’s inner monologue on everything from the Iran-Iraq War to relations with George W. Bush’s administration and its ties to oil and gas companies.
But it is a passage from a January 1993 meeting on relations with the incoming Clinton administration that offers perhaps the most penetrating look at Hussein’s foresight and strategic acumen. In describing “the new international situation,” the late Iraqi leader looks into the future, and analyzes American foreign policy—making predictions that in the intervening years, in part, come to pass. Here, in an excerpted portion, he discusses the United States’ foray into Somalia in the early 1990s:
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