(August 2, 2016 at 9:48 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Funny. I have no clear recollection of that. Just one more middle-eastern dictator acting the way dictators do.
Can't forget that Saddam was our boy when he was fucking with Iran.
But when you fuck with our oil, all bets are off!
By March of 1991, I realized that I was in essence a mercenary, having played a small part in a big killing machine so that gas would stay at $1.50 / gal -- that was the essence of my war, and that was one reason why I didn't stay in and retire.