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psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Is this Saddam Hussein
Yeah OP missed a perfect opportunity
It’s not 9/11.
With respect:
Why is 9/11 associated with Saddam jokes?
I’m old enough to remember both Iraq wars and 9/11 and the associated politics in detail the two subjects are very intertwined in the collective American memory.
But I want to hear specifically why people in 2025 think this.
brookings.edu/…/9-11-and-iraq-the-making-of-a-tra…
It kicked off another series of stupidity wars that also happened to end up knocking Saddam out of power would be my takeaway
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Yeah OP missed a perfect opportunity
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
It’s not 9/11.
hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 5 months ago
With respect:
Why is 9/11 associated with Saddam jokes?
I’m old enough to remember both Iraq wars and 9/11 and the associated politics in detail the two subjects are very intertwined in the collective American memory.
But I want to hear specifically why people in 2025 think this.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
brookings.edu/…/9-11-and-iraq-the-making-of-a-tra…
bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
It kicked off another series of stupidity wars that also happened to end up knocking Saddam out of power would be my takeaway