# Banished to EXILE **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787 "2003-01-31T02:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![empfsu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@empfsu1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/empfsu1)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/1 "2003-01-31T02:50:10Z")
In the modern world of technology, how do you go about banishing someone like Saddam to exile? Do we need to keep a permanent watch on him? If so, is that done with spies? Armed Guards? Satellites? How do we make sure he doesn’t conduct business from the island of exile? ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/2 "2003-01-31T04:01:16Z")
Perhaps he could move in with Idi Amin, who was kinda-sorta exiled, and the Saudis could watch him for us? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/3 "2003-01-31T04:12:29Z")
Hey, maybe the Iranians would watch him for us. Or the Kuwaitis. Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![Zagadka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zagadka/32/7272_2.png) [@Zagadka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagadka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/4 "2003-01-31T04:17:33Z")
Send him to Elba. Hear that works wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/5 "2003-01-31T04:18:42Z")
If we bought him a ranch just outside Crawford Texas we could save money by having the secret service do double duty. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/6 "2003-01-31T09:01:44Z")
He could join Osama in Yemen. ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/7 "2003-01-31T14:49:35Z")
I think he should be exiled to Germany. If he decided to take over their country, he could then invade France… …don’t BBQ me! I am only joking! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/8 "2003-01-31T16:07:30Z")
I say we take away his passport and dump him at [Charles de Gaulle Airport](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990820.html). ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-to-exile/151787/9 "2003-01-31T16:10:10Z")
I think Saddam should have to go to American public school! That’ll learn him!