I have a vague recollection of the end of Saddam's regime. There was this guy being interviewed every day on CNN who was the public relations spokesman for Hussein's party. And this guy would tell the TV interviewers that this war was just about won by them, and it was only a matter of time until the allied forces gave up and left Iraq altogether, because they couldn't possibly win.
And then one day, on which I happened to be watching, the guy went on as he usually did assuring all the Iraqis that Saddam was winning the war, when an assault team of American forces walked onto the set, picked the guy up, and carried him out the door. And what was the most incredible part of the whole thing, was that while this guy was being stuffed into the back of a truck to be driven off to wherever, he didn't stop talking but kept trying to tell his audience that Saddam's forces were still in control.
The reason I mention this anecdote today is that yesterday our president did almost exactly the same thing. Because he decided to make one of his speeches, which is something he does several times every day, and this one focused on the stock market which was then in decline and seemingly headed for a huge loss. However, what he had to say didn't make much sense to investors, traders or brokers and while he rambled on,the market continued to drop like a rock, ultimately winding up at a 600 point loss for the day.
Now, as similar as these situations are, I doubt they'll find the president hiding in the desert under a rock like Saddam did, but whether he decides to hide or not doesn't really matter. Because as regimes go, whatever he does, this ones' decidedly over.
That's it fot today folks.
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