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# Saddam may have faired better here
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/saddam-may-have-faired-better-here-editor/
- Published: 2003-12-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:20:33.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Jeremy Bloomberg*

I want to congratulate the U.S. armed forces for the capture of the brutal dictator, Saddam Hussein.

The way Saddam looked you have to wonder whether he would have been more successful eluding capture if instead of hiding in Iraq he had fled to Mexico, entered California illegally, obtained a California drivers license without documentation as an illegal immigrant, and then hid amongst our large homeless population in Santa Monica.

Just wondering.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 18, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)