4 January 1999 - joy to Saddam

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“On these occasions one ought to refer to tyrants and tyranny, in the forefront of which are governments of states that claim affiliation to Christ’s message (peace be with him), whereas they in actual terms are betraying it. Indeed they are stabbing it in the heart and committing all sins, crimes and deviations against which Jesus Christ had struggled and resisted with his principles of love and justice.” — Saddam Hussein

Joy to the world,
All the dogs and squirrels.
Joy to the salmon at the barbecue.
Joy to Saddam too.

(Everybody now!)

Joy to the world
On the tilt-a-whirl.
Joy to the soldiers when we fight again
And joy to CNN.

clue:

The quote is from a speech given on Christmas Eve, 1997. I corrected a couple of misplaced punctuation marks in the translation.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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