A Hat Joke

[Mycroft]

Guess who also likes wearing hats:

Ok, I just wanted to share this, it is a bit "unPC" and I can't stand the guy (to put it nicely).

 

[Uberneot]

That blue vest doesn't do much for his complexion, does it?

What kind of rifle is that? Its hard to see, but it looks a bit like a Lee-Enfield. Possibly a leftover from the British occupation?

 

[Mycroft]

That blue vest doesn't do much for his complexion, does it?

What kind of rifle is that? Its hard to see, but it looks a bit like a Lee-Enfield. Possibly a leftover from the British occupation?

It doesn't look like an Enfield (I own one), it is to light, the wood color, and the sights are tall, the only model like that is the Number 5, but it is shorter than that. It maybe Russian.

 

[BellyTank]

Oh yes it is...

It most definitely IS an Enfield- SMLE (rifle, short, magazine, Lee Enfield/SMLE 1907)No.1 for sure. It's very evident from the front sight and bayonet fitting and magazine. The furniture colour is not important- they were made all over the Commonwealth and beyond and for many years.


I'd say the rifle and the Panama are both mpire hang-overs.

B
T

 

[Canadave]

Seems ironic that he's a good dresser.

David

 

[Mycroft]

It most definitely IS an Enfield- SMLE (rifle, short, magazine, Lee Enfield/SMLE 1907)No.1 for sure. It's very evident from the front sight and bayonet fitting and magazine. The furniture colour is not important- they were made all over the Commonwealth and beyond and for many years.


I'd say the rifle and the Panama are both mpire hang-overs.

B
T

Ok, I guess I need to read up, it is a Number 1, now that I see it. Acually, Lee-Enfields are/was one of the most blackmarketed and exported gun before the AK47.

 

[photobyalan]

Seems ironic that he's a good dresser.

David

When you've stolen as much money as he did from his own people, you might even be able to afford a Brent Black Panama!

 

[Thunderbolt]

Supervillan

You have to hand it to him, ol' Saddam has style. Nice suits, hats, stogies etc. His favorate music is the Rat Pack, his favorite movie The Godfather series. He's sort of our kind of guy. Too bad he was an evil dictator who would have taken the world for ransom if given the chance. He's the perfect James Bond supervillan. Kim Jong Ill needs pointers from Saddam on how to dress.

 

[Sefton]

Actually I think that Kim Jong Ill makes a better Bond supervillian...what with the Nehru style jacket and the enormous tinted eyeglasses. He just needs a white pussycat....

As for Saddam's taste in hats/clothes I guess he's not all bad (99.999 bad but not all bad ).

 

[shamus]

Too bad he was an evil dictator

are there good dictators?

 

[Sefton]

are there good dictators?

Do wives count? (just kidding!!)

 

[Mycroft]

You have to hand it to him, ol' Saddam has style. Nice suits, hats, stogies etc. His favorate music is the Rat Pack, his favorite movie The Godfather series. He's sort of our kind of guy. Too bad he was an evil dictator who would have taken the world for ransom if given the chance. He's the perfect James Bond supervillan. Kim Jong Ill needs pointers from Saddam on how to dress.

Whats wrong with the femine form Mao Suit, and odd colors. It is comfortable for sitting on your butt all day with women and watching movies. And, saddam is nothing like us, evil doesn't cut.

 

[Thunderbolt]

I'm looking forward to his execution. :cheers1:

 

[jamespowers]

An interesting question. There are those who still idolize Napoleon, Peron, Cromwell, Castro, Mao Tse Tung, even Stalin, and others, even in their native countries. The same appears to be true of Saddam Hussein. And he WAS our favorite dictator in the region for quite some time. Rumsfeld and HW were his real good buddies in the 1980's. So he WAS a good dictator, officially, and NOW he is a bad dictator, officially. Same was true of Hitler for a while. In the 1930's there were even articles in US new magazines about what a wonderful job Hitler was doing in Germany and how US businesses loved doing business with Nazi Germany. Indeed, Prescott Bush made a small fortune doing just that, I believe. (My grandmother worked for the New York Herald-Tribune, which brought part of that story to light in 1941.) So, I guess it depends on who you are. If you are me, then no, there are no good dictators. If you are a member of the Bush family, then yes, there are dictators who are good (for you or your business) but can become bad when the time is right.

Is there any post that you can't twist or inviegle to bash Bush? Geez!

Regards to all,

J

 

[Big Man]

I don't intend to get in the middle of a political debate over the Bush/sadam issue, but it does bring to mind the relationship between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. I believe that the argument could be made that there wasn't too very much difference in the level of "dictatorship" between Stalin and Hitler; but to get rid of Hitler (who was the immediate danger) we became "friends" with Stalin.

 

[Biltmore Bob]

We are not getting any oil from Iraq...

and haven't in a long time.


Here's something else to consider, Saddam was evil and needed to go.

 

[Deleted member 259]

In the 1930's there were even articles in US new magazines about what a wonderful job Hitler was doing in Germany and how US businesses loved doing business with Nazi Germany.

Hitler and Stalin were both named Time Magazine's Man of the Year.

 

[Canadave]

Hitler and Stalin were both named Time Magazine's Man of the Year.

Yeah, but Time's "Man of the Year" isn't a popularity contest. It's based on influence, not "goodness".

David

 

[farnham54]

Hmm. Possibly. But to accept that analogy, one would have to believe that Saddam was some sort of necessary evil to use to balance or combat some other threat to us. True, he did massacre Iranians when they were not exactly our friends, and suppressed the majority Shiites in Iraq while the same sect was on the ascendant in Iran. Just doesn't seem quite the same "necessary" alliance as the one with Stalin. And then when you consider the Bush family interest in oil, the the whole think starts to smell odd - I don't think the Roosevelt and Churchill family interests were very intertwined with the Soviet Union or her resources.

Sorry, Joe, I can't agree with you on this one. The interest in oil is not only the bush family. Remember, they aren't the only ones who drive cars. They aren't the only ones to take airplanes. Nor are they the only ones to heat their homes, take public transport, or flick a light switch.

The energy from the middle east was needed gravely at the time by an awful lot of people, not just the "Bush Family"--it was actually probobly needed even MORE by YOU. the House of Bush can afford it if gas for their limo goes up 3 bucks a litre--can you? Could you still get to work if that was the case? heat your house? Maybe, but I bet it would hurt!

The relationship with Saddam, just like the relationship with Stalin and even Hitler before that, was a product of mutual benefit, just like every other relationship in international relations. Fortunatley, the relationship with Saddam has ended with the removal of that very evil man from power over there.

Cheers
Craig

 

[Zach R.]

I forsee this thread getting way too heated in the near future.