# If Saddam suggested Georege w leave USA would Americans be offended by that? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522 "2003-02-12T04:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/1 "2003-02-12T04:11:28Z")
Georege Bush recently suggested that Saddam Hussein leave Irag and go into excile. If Saddam suggested the same thing to George Bush do you think you would be outraged? I don’t like Sadam either but who would I be to tell other countries how to run their internal affairs. Like telling Afganistan to re-elect someone else as their leader? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/2 "2003-02-12T04:34:03Z")
Those who support Bush might be offended, but the kicker is, last I checked, there’s not a whole lot Saddam can do when Bush says “No” other then say “No” again. OTOH, There’s a lot more options Bush has when Saddam says “No”. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/3 "2003-02-12T04:44:00Z")
I’d personally be happy to see him go. Maybe living outside the U.S. for a while would give him some much-needed perspective. IMHO I think actual prior residence outside the U.S. should be as much a requirement for a President as being over 35, at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/4 "2003-02-12T05:01:48Z")
A foreign leader would express dislike for the United States? It would be unprecedented! We wouldn’t know what to do! ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/5 "2003-02-12T05:03:13Z")
Sounds like a good idea to me, maybe a dictator exchange program ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/6 "2003-02-12T05:40:26Z")
If you put Saddam in charge of the US, he couldn’t do worse than Shrub. At least, he can’t be charged with developing CBN weapons. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/7 "2003-02-12T05:44:09Z")
Until he starts experimenting with his new toys on them pesky Indian Reservations. ---
**Author:** ![TBone2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TBone2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBone2)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/8 "2003-02-12T06:37:46Z")
Cute. Oh, so cute! Why don’t you children toddle on over to GD where you belong? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/9 "2003-02-12T06:51:31Z")
Did the OP not foresee that those who voted for Gore (or thought they would have liked to if they had voted), would have a cute answer about being glad George W. was gone? [ul]😃 [sup]At first I thought this was about the other George W. The one that crossed the Delaware River.[/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![TBone2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TBone2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBone2)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-saddam-suggested-georege-w-leave-usa-would-americans-be-offended-by-that/154522/10 "2003-02-12T07:05:15Z")
Actually, the first word in the OP says “Gore” about as well as it says “George.” Did someone turn off the “correct spelling required” light?