Senor Barborito wrote:

What's interesting to me is that Saddam was that PO'd by the sanctions - I mean, really, he was feeding his people out of his own pocket during the sanctions which was great for political appeal (I've often often whether there might have been a sliver of truth to that election of his just because of that fact, heh) - that's a very, very effective control mechanism. If people don't eat without you, by default you call the shots.

--SB