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The jailed former Iraqi leader described how Reagan, who was president during Iraq's 1980-88 war with Iran, sold him planes and helicopters. "Reagan and me, good," Hussein said, according to the article.

The article recounts the stories of five U.S. soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard who watched over the captive for nearly a year.

All five have completed their tours of duty and returned home, the article says.

President Bush and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, are "no good," but former President Clinton was "OK," Hussein told his captors. The first President Bush directed a U.N.-led coalition that defeated Hussein in the 1991 Persian Gulf War after Iraq invaded Kuwait.

"He was like: 'You gotta find a good woman. Not too smart, not too dumb. Not too old, not too young. In the middle. One that can cook and clean. Then you thank her, and you go … ' And Hussein smiled and made the gesture of bending a woman over and spanking her, as if to say, 'This is how you keep her in line,' " one soldier said.

I don't think it really hurts Reagan that Saddam likes him. However, this article just reminds me of when right wingers would ask, "who would Bin Laden want as president".

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-saddam21jun21,1,1354674.story

 

[dskillzhtown]

Saddam is going to end up getting a sitcom on Fox.

 

[Drensch]

Duh. Reagan gave Hussein billions of weapons that made him a national hero.