On Paladino and Taking People Out

Juan Cole 10/01/2010

The only person I remember using that diction was George W. Bush, who pledged he would “take out” Saddam.

Then he gave us a demonstration of what the phrase means.

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page