Saddam Hussein's lesson for Trump

It was January 6, 1991. A group of US soldiers and I were listening on BBC as Saddam Hussein gave a speech to the Iraqi army. It was on a static-filled radio in our squadron's operation center in the middle of the desert, and we all knew we were about to go to war. The British interpreter paused with confusion as he tried to understand the phrase, and then he translated Saddam's idiomatic threat as best he could: "Iraqi soldiers, the battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles. ... Our rendezvous with victory is very near."

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