[TheHeterodoxConservative]

"3) the real Saddam would have more fire in his eyes and wouldn't have to read from notes."

Excellent point.

I have been thinking that it probably was Saddam, perhaps filmed at an earlier time, until you brought up this point. Now I tend to agree with you.

. . . .unless Saddam was distracted and somewhat shell-shocked because he had just escaped by the skin of his teeth from a bombing that killed his kids.

[dep]

shell-shocked because he had just escaped by the skin of his teeth from a bombing that killed his kids.

and blew off both his legs.

dep