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[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sadaam was in many ways, already a US puppet.

But he tried to switch the dollar for the Euro. This was unacceptable to the US, and the spineless servile Europeans helped the US stomp Iraq into the ground.

He was a puppet that tried to navigate the dynamics between himself and his masters.