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"In the early 1990s I built a workable time machine. All it lacked was the flux capacitor and 1.21 gigawatts of electricity."

-Atrios, responding to Ken Pollack's reminder that “in 1990, Iraq built a workable nuclear weapon. All it lacked was the fissile material."

(For context, see Kevin Drum)
p.s. thanks Carnivoro