But that was down to him being a runner, rather than any policies he has ? If they were talking politics then that would be bang out of order, but I was mildly interested to see a feature on him. Maybe a bit too long, but I guess that was for the US market ?
>Fair point! But Saddam Hussein is a dictator! >99% of the vote in Iraq?!
But it's Bush who's moving the goalposts and threatening war, whilst at the same time ignoring equally bad flouting of UN resolutions by others - notably Israel.
My own view FWIW is that it'd be better to avoid the sporting prowess of both if them under present circumstances so neither of them get the publicity.
Having said all that, I can't think of anything good to say about Saddam.
I wasn't really aware of what a keen runner Dubya was. The article gave me some respect for him in this regard - although I still think his politics suck!
And unfortunately my first thought was that the article was written for the US rather than UK audience.
He actually motivated me in a strange sort of way - I remember reading on the web a while ago that he could run 5k in 20:30. Thinking "there's no WAY that I'm going to be slower than that retard!" I went to the gym that night and hammered out my fastest 5k ever, beating him by a healthy margin :-)
My reaction was, well at least he does have one saving grace (being a runner that is) - can't think of any others. And if he's frustrated at not being able to run proper races.....well he didn't have to stand for president did he?!
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Also I doubt they would have run such a story if Saddam Hussain was a marathoner (although I've no evidence for this assertion)
Peter
>99% of the vote in Iraq?!
But it's Bush who's moving the goalposts and threatening war, whilst at the same time ignoring equally bad flouting of UN resolutions by others - notably Israel.
My own view FWIW is that it'd be better to avoid the sporting prowess of both if them under present circumstances so neither of them get the publicity.
Having said all that, I can't think of anything good to say about Saddam.
Cheers
Peter
>politicians who are runners - there are a few,
>but they don't seem very well advertised.
Maybe they should threaten to go to war with someone
Peter
And unfortunately my first thought was that the article was written for the US rather than UK audience.
Jon (Standing firmly on the fence!)
Just wondering...