Bluster

Submitted by stanley b (United States), Jul 22, 2012 at 18:04

It is common to Mid Eastern cultural tendencies to exude bravado and make ridiculous claims and threats. We who lived in the ME are very familiar with this phenomenon, but the advent of Baghdad Bob and his ludicrous exposure as the man behind the curtain in the invasion of Iraq showed the world what Arab bluster is all about.

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