# And the award for "Most Delusional 3rd World Dictator" goes to... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987 "2011-02-28T22:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/21 "2011-03-05T17:18:56Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Hello everyone!! Welcome to this week’s episode of _Dictators for Dinner on Cannibal Isle_! It looks like the friendly locals are running low on Saddam, so we’re releasing the next batch of ex-dictators! With a complementary barrel of Soylent Steak Sauce for our friends the islanders! Soylent Steak Sauce, available at a fine store near you!” Pass the Bacon Salt! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/22 "2011-03-29T15:20:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Yeah, I am. He’s toast. He’s lost too much of his army to survive in the long run. Once big chunks of the army defects, dictators don’t last long. Anybody STILL sure Moammar is toast? Anybody else 100% certain he won’t have the last laugh? Believe me, I understand that Third World dictators often look and sound ridiculous, but they don’t hold on to power for decades by being complete idiots. They may not know much, but they know how to use and keep power. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/23 "2011-03-29T16:32:56Z")
> [@Debon\_Err](#): > > Pass the Bacon Salt! _Kevin_ Bacon salt! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/24 "2011-03-29T17:06:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Hello everyone!! Welcome to this week’s episode of _Dictators for Dinner on Cannibal Isle_! It looks like the friendly locals are running low on Saddam, so we’re releasing the next batch of ex-dictators! With a complementary barrel of Soylent Steak Sauce for our friends the islanders! Soylent Steak Sauce, available at a fine store near you!” Didn’t Pink Floyd do a song like this? Ah, here it is: [The Fletcher Memorial Home](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Fletcher_Memorial_Home) …for incurable tyrants, and fools. Probably one of the most depressing albums of the eighties. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/25 "2011-03-29T19:23:08Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Moammar isn’t delusional. He’s held onto power for 40 years, and that doesn’t happen by accident. > > He won’t admit publicly that there’s a problem because he believes that would make him look weak in the eyes of the people trying to oust him. He’s not a Panglossian fool- he knows the threat to his power is very real, and he’s doing everything he can to stamp out that threat. > > Moammar may or may not survive this current assault on his rule, but he’s proven himself adept at survival and at annihilating his enemies. It’s not at all obvious he won’t survive THIS crisis. And IF he does, he knows damn well that he can say whatever he wants, and there won’t be any negative consequences, because too many nations are dependent on his oil. > > Laugh at him if you want, but are you SURE he won’t have the last laugh? This isn’t very funny. I prefer **Inigo’s** take on it - sorry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/26 "2011-03-29T19:26:13Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Didn’t Pink Floyd do a song like this? Ah, here it is: [The Fletcher Memorial Home](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Fletcher_Memorial_Home) …for incurable tyrants, and fools. > > Probably one of the most depressing albums of the eighties. Yeah, I remember that one. I was expecting something totally cool on the heels of The Wall. Instead we got a self-indulgent Waters rambling, seemingly from a dark corner of forgotten room in an obscure looney bin in rural Belgium. All very poignant and relevant, but…much different. “Get you filthy hands off my desert!” is always in the back of my head when I hear about Middle East conflicts du jour. That, and Timone from _The Lion King_: “We’re gonna fight your uncle…for _this_?” My money still says Gadhaffi’s gone by the end of the year. Car bomb or sniper rifle–but not ours, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987/27 "2011-03-29T19:34:19Z")
So that’s where Baghdad Bob got off to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-most-delusional-3rd-world-dictator-goes-to/572987.md?page=1)