At one point, I think Saddam rang our then PM and said,

"Dude, we totally need some firepower." Us being a country with rich land resources, rice fields and corn, replied,

"Sure thing, I'll just send you the spare battleship I have sailing in my pool shall I? And some extra Plutonium I just happen to have lying around in my tool box? Would you like some fries with that? Maybe a Laser Ray gun of Doom?"