He Can Persuade 100% of the Citizenry to Vote For Him, But He Can’t Do This
Saddam’s regime tells us it really, really wants its scientists to tell to the U.N. everything, but gee whiz, for some reason those pesky scientists just don’t want to. And of course the Iraqi government would never pressure its prisoners citizens into doing something they didn’t want to do. Puh-leeze. Between this and Hussein’s 100%-0% “re-election” margin, somebody really needs to teach these guys Lying 101.
UPDATE: In one of the worst cases of grade inflation ever, it appears that Saddam’s evasive games have earned him a “B” grade from the UN. That grade could slip all the way down to a B-, though, if any of these scientists were to start talking and Saddam were to make good on this threat to kill them and/or their families.
UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: Or maybe not. It never occurred to me that murdering dissidents and their families might count as “cooperating” with the U.N.
Link via Instapundit.
