I think too many americans are buying into this barrage of yellow journalism that has pretty much overtaken the us mass media. Of course we see those civiliians bashing down the statue. WhaT we dont see is the recently orphaned iraqi child, who is sitting in a pile of his parents blood,unable to treat his aliments because of the sanctions imposed on the country the last 12 years.
This type of shit has been going on forever. Yellow Journailsm has been huge ever since the spanish-american war. "Remember the Maine".....That was the rallying cry that pumped support up for that war. As evidence has shown, it was negligence of the men on the Miane that caused that destruction, and not an attack by Spain.
The point is, one must take everything seen on the US Mass media with a grain of salt. We are not given the whole storys to most everything that happens.
This type of shit has been going on forever. Yellow Journailsm has been huge ever since the spanish-american war. "Remember the Maine".....That was the rallying cry that pumped support up for that war. As evidence has shown, it was negligence of the men on the Miane that caused that destruction, and not an attack by Spain.
The point is, one must take everything seen on the US Mass media with a grain of salt. We are not given the whole storys to most everything that happens.
Make no mistake about it. There are many on the Left (99%) who saw the liberation of the Iraqi's as a very sad day. Like me, they dislike Bush, but unlike me they wanted to see him fall on his face. I do believe liberating the Iraqi’s was a bold, brave and moral thing to do.
Now how freaking pathetic is it that a whole section of America’s political spectrum could not even celebrate the liberation of a nation of oppressed people?
My views tend to be towards the left, but the problem with today's Left is they are afraid to do any dirty work. Yeah, they love to talk, and they love to write columns, and they love to lecture at colleges, and they love to bash American policy. But when it comes to actually doing something brave and moral like freeing an entire nation of oppressed people they are worthless. F*ck’em, for the most part they are bunch of sissies.
Now how freaking pathetic is it that a whole section of America’s political spectrum could not even celebrate the liberation of a nation of oppressed people?
My views tend to be towards the left, but the problem with today's Left is they are afraid to do any dirty work. Yeah, they love to talk, and they love to write columns, and they love to lecture at colleges, and they love to bash American policy. But when it comes to actually doing something brave and moral like freeing an entire nation of oppressed people they are worthless. F*ck’em, for the most part they are bunch of sissies.
FF quoted from the AP:
"(AP)In a main square of the capital, a crowd of Iraqis and U.S. Marines pulled down a 40-foot statue of Saddam, breaking it in half on the way down. Hundreds of people swarmed over the hollow metal torso, tearing it to pieces and dragging the head down the street. Before bringing it down, the Marines briefly covered the statue's face with an American flag, then replaced it with the red-black-and-white Iraqi flag."
Can you direct me to the hundreds of people in this photo? Are they just off-camera?
Not sure about the Chalabi thing in the same picture, but I do think that it's interesting that a person with an INTERPOL warrant for his arrest and remand to Jordan, wherupon he is to serve a 22-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy, plus whatever he gets for flight and evasion and such, is the #1 choice for running post-liberation Iraq. Is that another example of the Bush administration's policy of diplomacy before force? I can't wait to see the negotiations between Jordan and the US on this issue; I'm sure they will be highly diplomatic.
Phaedrus
"(AP)In a main square of the capital, a crowd of Iraqis and U.S. Marines pulled down a 40-foot statue of Saddam, breaking it in half on the way down. Hundreds of people swarmed over the hollow metal torso, tearing it to pieces and dragging the head down the street. Before bringing it down, the Marines briefly covered the statue's face with an American flag, then replaced it with the red-black-and-white Iraqi flag."
Can you direct me to the hundreds of people in this photo? Are they just off-camera?
Not sure about the Chalabi thing in the same picture, but I do think that it's interesting that a person with an INTERPOL warrant for his arrest and remand to Jordan, wherupon he is to serve a 22-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy, plus whatever he gets for flight and evasion and such, is the #1 choice for running post-liberation Iraq. Is that another example of the Bush administration's policy of diplomacy before force? I can't wait to see the negotiations between Jordan and the US on this issue; I'm sure they will be highly diplomatic.
Phaedrus
