Odai Hussein's reminds me of the Beast Rabban Harkonnen from Dune

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Odai Hussein's reminds me of the Beast Rabban Harkonnen from Dune

REB — 4/17/2003 4:58:19 PM (archived)

This stuff about Odai sounds very familiar, then it hit me where I had read this stuff.

You ever read Dune?

Iraq is Giedi Prime

Saddam Hussein's is the Baron Harkonnen

Odai Hussein's is the Beast Rabban Harkonnen

Fiction is very close to reality, and that is scary.

Life in Iraqi was bad, but can you imagine what kind of nightmarish hell it would be when Odai took over.

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What do you call it - LJ - 4/16/2003 1:40:59 PM
- I call it: - Fox - 4/18/2003 1:57:13 PM
- How did the powerful member gain his power? - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:03:47 PM
  - Does it matter how he got his power if he uses force to keep it? n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 6:20:00 PM
    - Good point. Not really. - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:23:24 PM
- You're making a false assumption - Matt Burley - 4/17/2003 5:14:14 PM
  - Re: "In fact, it is good and proper that we force our will upon them." - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:30:07 PM
    - Re: - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 7:06:21 PM
- Re: Okay, so what DO you call it? - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 5:10:22 PM
- Give it up - alcaray - 4/17/2003 4:31:27 PM
  - Sounds like YOU know what point he's trying to get at. Care to let the rest of us in on it? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:55:30 PM
    - I give up - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:06:32 PM
      - Re: I give up - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 7:42:40 PM
        
        re: Re: I give up - tony_loves_the_cock - 9/21/2003 12:38:26 AM
        
        re: - alcaray - 4/17/2003 9:58:21 AM
        
        Re: re: - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 3:24:38 PM
      - Disagreement - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 5:32:54 PM
        
        Full of whacky Republican memes - alcaray - 4/17/2003 6:38:22 PM
        
        Revenge as a leadership strategy - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 5:52:12 PM
        
        But we don't want to be an example... - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:19:40 PM
        
        Really Scott, REALLY? - et - 4/17/2003 8:17:44 AM
  - If there's a point, make it. Devil's in the details, though. nt (n/t) - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:36:36 PM
    - I think LJ made it and I wouldn't step on his toes - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:00:23 PM
- Politics...nt (n/t) - R.L. - 4/17/2003 11:37:54 AM
- Re: What do you call it - LJ - 4/17/2003 10:04:51 AM
  - So what was the "correct" answer to your question? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:30:46 AM
    - Current US foreign policy and agenda n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/17/2003 10:47:30 AM
      - When I look in the dictionary for the word, "naive" - ebnelson - 4/17/2003 1:25:28 PM
- Don't think you're going to want to hear the accurate answers. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:41:47 PM
- A parent... - FrankC - 4/16/2003 4:03:51 PM
  - Not a good one. Parents should use violence as the last resort, if ever. And parents should *never* threaten. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 3:12:23 PM
    - Since you and I agree.. - FrankC - 4/17/2003 7:13:40 PM
      - Up to a point - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:05:11 AM
- Re: What do you call it? Coercion n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 2:39:19 PM
  - Intimidation (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 4/16/2003 3:54:55 PM
    - Sometimes you call it brilliant leadership. Like right now. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 3:58:18 PM
- Re: What do you call it - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 2:19:37 PM
  - You could also call it "capitalism"... - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 6:12:49 PM
  - Re: What do you call it - LJ - 4/16/2003 4:14:31 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - McFly - 4/17/2003 2:45:48 PM
      - I think LJ was responding in kind to Gbaikie's flip "socialism" remark. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 4:29:05 PM
        
        My bad, LJ...sorry... - McFly - 4/17/2003 6:40:27 PM
        
        Considering the history of socialism, it's hardly flippant - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:33:52 PM
        
        Why would we try to make it work when it has failed so many times before? - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:31:05 PM
    - Filling in for Bowser LJ? (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/17/2003 2:07:45 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - REB - 4/17/2003 12:10:37 PM
    - Another leftist slipping over mental event horizon? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:43:06 PM
      - Yeah, we're leaving you nutzoids behind... (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/17/2003 2:36:24 PM
        
        Good...have a nice trip! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:52:28 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 6:30:34 PM
      - Odai's human shredder machine. - REB - 4/17/2003 11:41:53 AM
        
        Please do not inject reality into LJ's hypothetical scenario - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:29:09 PM
        
        Odai Hussein's reminds me of the Beast Rabban Harkonnen from Dune - REB - 4/17/2003 4:58:19 PM
        
        Uh, NO. - et - 4/17/2003 8:25:52 AM
        
        The Spice must flow? - Robert E. B. - 4/18/2003 11:11:57 AM

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