Take that Saddam.
According to the LA Times, we’ve made Iraqis fat. And yes, the headline is actually “Another Iraqi Casualty of War: Their Waistlines.”
For Said, the next step is learning to eat tiny portions totaling about 2,500 calories a day, a fraction of what he used to consume. That means giving up the delicious mounds of chicken, beef, sheep’s head and fish, along with honey-soaked sweets like baklava, that his mother used to make for him.
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Meanwhile “Skyrocketing corn, wheat and gas prices” are forcing up the price of school lunches here.
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So you see, the Iraq war was actually good for our children! If they can’t afford school lunch, BOOM! No more fat kids!
See? Totally worth it!