Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 10, 2006 08:01PM
The Cradle of Civilization ... now destroyed by the so-called
"pinnacle" of civilization.
A fucking historical tragedy.
Not_Ronald_Dumbsfeld Report This Comment Date: July 10, 2006 08:13PM
Jesus, don't make me take up for those Washington D.C., Dumbasses.
Without wishing to appear to do so, let it be said that they'd done a pretty
damn fine job of screwing it up themselves. (We just showed 'em how on a bigger
scale....)
They haven't managed to do squat in about 3000 years because the only thing
they're good at is fighting with each other.
We were stupid to get in the middle of it......
As John Stewart so brilliantly put it:
A "MESS O' POTAMIA"!
Karl_Rove_alias_Goesph_Jerbils Report This Comment Date: July 10, 2006 08:18PM
Stewart spells his name without the h doesn't he?
Sorry about that.....
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 10, 2006 09:04PM
check out the Nimrud site....cool
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 10, 2006 09:22PM
If the US were really the war mongering heartless invaders some are trying to
portray; the US as we would have just bombed the sh** out of them and left them
to suffer. They have spent billions of dollars rebuilding the areas they bombed,
and making them a lot better than they were before. I think the only real
mistake being made is trying to force the Iraqi's to have a democratic
government within the guidlines of the US advisors. A democracy won't work in
that type of muslim nation and we should just rebuild and let them govern
themselves, it's still their country, or is it?
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 12:26AM
That's not true, not at all. The US wants something particular.. they don't
just bomb people for no reason. There's always a reason. But it is a heartless
reason.
Iraqis are *far* from "better than they were before".. We've been
bombing them for 16 years now... they are totally, totally fucked.
And no, it's not still their country. They are pawns now. Poor, poor
bastards.
AND all the museums have been looted, so everything they had from the previous
3000 years is gone now.. because we opened the door to massive crime. Great.
K, thx.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 12:48AM
true 136136 about the looying. i can't wait to see where, when, and how much
these stolen treasures sell for, and who is buying and selling them.
there are none for public sale that i know of....anyone have any info.?
it should be very interesting
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 02:17AM
looying is a capital offense,
looting....duh
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 04:21AM
no shit FD, "looting is a capital offense". U R a Gee-nee-us.
Pray tell us, what sort of offense is the fantastic bombing destruction of
cities thousands of years old? Hmm?
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 04:29AM
cities?
maybe bridges (50 yrs old),houses that shoulda been torn down years ago,
communications buildings (easily relocated) etc. etc. etc.
name one archaelogically significant site that was destroyed.....can't can ya?
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 02:04PM
I agree with fossil digger, and I have been to the region six times. All the
significant archaeological artificats are all still buried over there.
Except for oases like Baghdad, the Middle East is a very desolate place, and the
inhabitants don't place a lot of importance on preserving their historic
architecture. They have very limited resources there, so when they get tired of
something, they knock it down and build another structure from the rubble.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 02:04PM
Are we forgetting the 35,000+ dead civilians? How about the American soldiers
raping and piliging and trying to make innocents look like insurgents by
planting weapons? All this cause Sadam tried to kill papa Bush.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 11, 2006 02:30PM
sad that some assholes abused their authority there (if true and convicted)
i didn't realize that civilians count as archaeological sites.
to claim that the iraq situation was brought on by personal revenge on W's part
is just retardedand quite clueless. the arguement of last resort to discredit W
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 12, 2006 09:14PM
How old is Baghdad F_D? OR Fallujah? How old is Fallujah? Basra? etc. etc.
These cities have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. And now
AMERICAN bombs are fucking them up.
Yes, Iraqi IED bombs are fucking shit up too... But who started it? Who flew
the first sorties? Who shoots "depleted uranium" shells? Who drops
"daisy cutter" 1000-lb bombs? Who drops illegal cluster bombs? Who
drops illegal white phosphorous?
_I_ Wasn't talking about archaeological sites =per se=, I was talking about
living cities that are actually, in fact, hundreds or thousands of years old in
the same location. Now bombed to dust and rubble. FUCK U... SA.
Oh I give up. U R all "America Uber Alles" aren't you. Bombing
another country that did not attack you is WRONG wrong wrong.
Remember: WTC was taken down by SAUDIS... not Iraqi's. Never forget that.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 13, 2006 12:38AM
Bomb them at random like the radical muslims.Fuck smart bombs and well thought
out raids.Its time for some collateral damage that they will really
notice.108101 I guess when we leave it will be heaven over there,no more rapes
and no more murders.35,000 dead civilians,shit thats not that much really after
years of war.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: July 13, 2006 03:13AM
>Bzzzzt!< Sorry, you lose.
"more collateral damage" will not end anything. You don't get it do
you... Outright force will never win. You have to be more man than that.
Bigger than that. If you have more power, you have to learn to hold back, and
remain mature. Help the less mature grow.
Walking around slamming other people down so that they "will really
notice" will only ever breed resentment and revenge. Some has to have the
balls to say "Enough." and stand by that while the other side learns
to trust you.
Otherwise, there will only ever be terrible war ... and guerilla attacks ...
forever.
And the number is closer to 120,000 since 2003. Add to that another 50,000 -
80,000 dead from the "No Fly Zone" bombings of the '90s. We've been
bombing Iraq consistantly for over 15 years now.
When are we gonna stop?
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 14, 2006 01:48AM
136136: who kills innocent civilians on purpose?
not the U.S.A.
who loots their own national treasures? not the U.S.A.
yes these cities have been around for a long time,but what points or historical
significance have been destroyed? none i've seen.
46103: i agree that the whole shebang was handled quite irresponsibly (ex: the
intense bombing etc...) but the only thing that these peole understand and
relate to is complete and utter destruction. it's how they have lived their
lives and even modeled their religion after (extremists). they even teach their
children this mentality. unfortunately for the iraqis and the middle eastern
problem in general the bombings and "occupation" will not end until
there are no subversive elements to deal with.
why is there so much trouble in iraq? because the extremist islamists are afraid
that peace will come to the middle east without them carrying out their plan of
the extinction of a people who they think are pigs and not worthy of anything
but death. sounds "familiaritlerish" huh?
don't bother looking that word up, i just made it up.