In one popular video with more than 92 retweets and more than 5 million views, a Twitter user does the math on the rapper Drake’s relationship with a now-18-year-old model … who he’s been kinda flirty with for at least two years. It appears in varying contexts, but is most popularly used as a shorthand for callout posts - posts that out a user in one way or another. This past summer, Bremer’s iconic declaration, often translated into “we got ‘em,” became a viral catchphrase, deployed in posts and videos. At a press conference in Baghdad, Bremer stepped up to the podium, stood silent for a few seconds while surveying his audience, mostly members of the press, and then said, “Ladies and gentlemen … we got him.” Applause and cheers immediately broke out.īremer left Iraq shortly afterward, blamed for the state of turmoil in the country, which was attributed to a number of decisions that bore his signature, such as disbanding the Iraqi army shortly after the occupation began. In retrospect, he made this announcement in a very weird way. On this morning 15 years ago, Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, announced the capture of Saddam Hussein.
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