Is ‘National Review’ a CIA Front?

One day, Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office in one of his palaces in Baghdad, when he heard voice shouting outside, "New lamps for old! New lamps for old!" Knowing full well what this meant, Saddam rushes outside with an old lamp, offering to exchange it with the beggar. He rushes back inside with the new lamp and rubs it. Sure enough, a genie appears. "I know," Saddam says, in anticipation. "I have three wishes." "That’s right," says the genie. "What are they?" So Saddam says, "I wish Iraq had the biggest army in the Middle East." The genie … Continue reading Is ‘National Review’ a CIA Front?