“On these occasions one ought to refer to tyrants and tyranny, in the
forefront of which are governments of states that claim affiliation to
Christ’s message (peace be with him), whereas they in actual terms are
betraying it. Indeed they are stabbing it in the heart and committing all
sins, crimes and deviations against which Jesus Christ had struggled and
resisted with his principles of love and justice.” — Saddam Hussein
Joy to the world,
All the dogs and squirrels.
Joy to the salmon at the barbecue.
Joy to Saddam too.
(Everybody now!)
Joy to the world
On the tilt-a-whirl.
Joy to the soldiers when we fight again
And joy to CNN.
The quote is from a speech given on Christmas Eve, 1997.
I corrected a couple of misplaced punctuation marks in the translation.