Saddam's Secret Recordings

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Steve Coll, author of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq, worked to declassify the personal recordings of Sadam Hussein. They proved to be an important piece of insight into the dictator, whose nuclear bluff was so good it got him killed. Plus, "Hugs Not Bullets" in Mexico. And in the Spiel, what percentage of the vote in the Michigan Primary for "uncommitted" should worry Joe Biden? Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.8	It's the gist I Mike Pesca.
1:09.8	The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article the other day about crime and
1:13.1	cartels in Mexico. Mexico's hugs not bullet crime policy spreads grief,
1:19.6	murder, and extortion. Drug cartels have more towns and families in their grip under a
1:24.4	presidential policy intended to quell gang violence by emphasizing public
1:29.6	aid over policing. I think this has been under reported.
1:34.3	Andreas Manuel Lopez Oberdor, the president of Mexico, gets a lot of positive attention,
1:40.8	or he did when he tangled with Trump, but less attention overall on how he
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