Saddam, The Nacho Dictator

by Jason at 7:00 am on June 23rd, 2005 in Iraq War

Certainly, this was the product placement that caused every Frito-Lay shareholder to reach for the Pepto-Bismol:

For a time his favorite snack was Cheetos, and when that ran out, Saddam would “get grumpy,” the story said. One day, guards substituted Doritos corn chips, and Saddam forgot about Cheetos. “He’d eat a family size bag of Doritos in 10 minutes,” Dawson said.

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Well, duh. It’s hard to deny that a brutal dictator would enjoy “livin’ life in the NOW”, as repeated from the inexplicable new Doritos “INNW?” ad campaign. Saddam just wanted a corn chip that reflected his pro-active lifestyle.

So now that Saddam Hussein has been revealed as a huge Doritos fan, is a name change to “freedom chips” around the corner?