Witness to a democray.

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Close your eyes for a count to three. Open them and quickly key a one sentence...fragment...thought about the war. I'll start.


Asian US Soldier whose father is a refugee to US, helps Iraqis take down statue of Saddam in Baghdad.

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Children covered in blood and Iraqis with guns parading around lawless streets whilst onlookers ask "This is liberation?".

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I see dead people

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Iraqis protesting: "No America. No America. Islamic. Islamic. "

Other Iraqis coming up behind them: "No Islamic Republic. No Islamic Republic. Democracy. Democracy."

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Originally posted by Man Of Kent
I see dead people

pretty funny

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Originally posted by pnjsurferpoet
Iraqis protesting: "No America. No America. Islamic. Islamic. "

Other Iraqis coming up behind them: "No Islamic Republic. No Islamic Republic. Democracy. Democracy."

So a nice little mix for a civil war then? Until I see Iraqis having a truly free and fair election (not just agreeing to having an American puppet as their leader) there is no democracy in Iraq in my eyes.

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US troops heading into desolate, tan Iraq, thinking Saddam was going to bomb them with chemical bombs and wait until the Brits get into Basra before he bombs them and the Shi'ites.

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hmmm, how about "u.s. eagle driver winging thru the clear blue iraqi sky wondering if he's gonna get taken out by some iraqi 'farmer' or take a patriot missile up his tailpipe"? yeesh, just heard 2 f-18 guys were killed by a patriot...man, how did we go from hitting nothing in ds1 to hitting everything in ds2???

new motto for the pat batteries: "if it flies, it dies" hahaha

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Tan US soldier leaning against a tank. Mesh mask in front of his face. Tan Iraqi sand swirling....or the soldier on the planet Tatooe from Star Wars?

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look, the lasting image of iraq is gonna be your first one, the iraqis pulling saddam down with america's help. just like iwo or nguyen ngoc loan whacking that vc during tet. hopefully it's seminal and/or prescient...

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Two Iraqi men saying gleefully to a SkyOne camera -

'Thank you meester Boosh! We very like meester Boosh!'

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Originally posted by perfect***day
Two Iraqi men saying gleefully to a SkyOne camera -

'Thank you meester Boosh! We very like meester Boosh!'

and then breaking into dancing and singing. that was pretty funny!

i'm simply amazed at how many iraqis speak english in the cities! i guaran-damn-tee ya, you couldn't roll into d.c. or nyc and find that many native americans speaking arabic! or german, french, or even proper english for that matter!hahahaa

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On CNN, beautiful blue and green mosaic on Mosque...angry crowd yelling "town yes" "mosque no", soldiers kneeling to look less offensive, crowd calming down, soldiers then pulling back, "town yes" "mosque no"

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american kind of apology, " sorry but we just killed more englishmen ...but they keep getting in the goddam way"!

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White pickup truck full of dark figures in the sun light, cloud of dust as truck spins around with its backtowards the American tank, dark figures jumping out of truck, banging into each other, rapid fire gun, dark figures on the ground.

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well george, no navy, no air force, an army the boyscouts could have whooped, no missiles, no WMD ...fuck it we know syria have WMD and iraq and them fucking pyramids in egypt need taking out!

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Iraqi Doctor in a looted Baghdad hospital screaming that they're looting the hospital, filthy child with bandaged arm laying on a metal, peeling table.

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pissinthepot still believing this is a fight between good and evil and george and his cronies represent good! lmao!!!!

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Ah the naivete of youth. :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by pnjsurferpoet
Iraqi Doctor in a looted Baghdad hospital screaming that they're looting the hospital, filthy child with bandaged arm laying on a metal, peeling table.

Is that like a haiku or something? Where is the message in that sentence? Incidentally the looters are only being allowed to loot the hospital because the Americans having destroyed all authority in Iraq refuse to act to restore some semblence of law and order. Also while Iraq is short of doctors and nurses the Ministry of Defence is bringing back all British medical personnel in the Gulf - good to see we've got some sense of responsibility for our actions. :rolleyes:

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Surprised - the soldiers lookso young. I heard the average age of American soldiers was 22....which isn't old but it's getting up there. Looks like my friends in tanks.

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British soldier patroling street in Basra. Two Iraqi boys laughing and holding on to each end of his gun as if they were helping him.

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Horribly burned Iraqi girl, laughing and trying to act or acting friendly as Marines put her in a tv crew's car to be taken to a hospital for treatment.

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This lucky recent convert to American FreedomTM is positively erupting with joy and excitement about her glorious future in the brave new world that is George W. Bush's Iraq. Flash those pearly whites, Miss Camel bin Lipstick! There's nowhere to go but up, up, UP!



This handsome fella couldn't be happier to be on the shell-shocked receiving end of a Big Fluffy Love Bomb of Democracy (BiFLBODTM). Why, moments after this photo was taken, he wrote out "THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH" in a steaming rope of his own intestines!



Blissfully relieved of the stresses which accompany the burden of functioning legs, barrel-chested Abdul here dreams sweet dreams of imminent visits from agendaless American missionaries – all while breathing deeply from a frosty tank of fragrant 100% Freedom AirTM!



Mommy and daddy were only supposed to be at the market for a few minutes, but now thanks to President Bush, they're haggling over sheep's eyes in heaven for all eternity – and little Omar Jr. is so happy about it, he can't wait to grow up and thank America in person!



Positively bushed from celebrating their glorious liberation from life itself, these two teenaged Iraqi soldiers don't have a care in the world. And as for the tasty snack packed in their cold blue mouths, that's nothing less than USDA Grade-A Freedom SandTM!



A freshly liberated Iraquess thrills to the wholesome excitement of an American-style hayless hay ride to the nearest trauma surgery center! Later, she would cook and savor her very first Freedom S'moreTM over the warm flame of a pile of gas-drenched Fedayeen corpses!



This formerly Saddam-molested unfortunate weeps hot tears of Freedom JoyTM upon learning that she will soon realize her dream of licking the soles of American jackboots while tending the graves of her children in an ultra-utopian democratic gulag-state!



What better way to kick off a splendid life of liberty than with six months of R&R between cool, crisp hospital sheets? Think he'll remember that it was President George W. Bush who turned his world of shit into a world of life-enriching Freedom FertilizerTM? Well sure he will!



Iraqazoid youth flock through Freedom RubbleTM-strewn streets, jubilantly shouting, "Hooray for America! We welcome their condescending reinvention of our inferior nation, and we are eager for the establishment of martial law over our helpless sand negro selves!"



In a moment of quiet contemplation, young Saddamma pauses to appreciate the advantages of the gleaming new Freedom PlateTM in her head. Asked her thoughts, she gushed "Thank Allah for morally grandiose, non-opportunistic Western interest in our third world cult of personality!"

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tan rubble on steps, camera pulls back, an intricate mosque door with geometric carvings.

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Iraq will be disarmed!



. . . Yankee barbarians.

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marine throwing a football as Iraqis kids try to play a game you could tell is new to them.

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. . . In Baghdad, three girls died in a missile strike weeks ago, but family members are still struggling to tell their father. It is becoming clear that several hundred Iraqis died in coalition attacks. . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/international/worldspecial/14HOSP.html?ex=1051341220&ei=1&en=d84236a206f40f13

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. . .SAAD BIN ABI WAQAS, Iraq, April 13 — Two Arab mothers and their children sat forlornly in a semicircle in the dirt, one household among scattered families living in the open on the outskirts of this agricultural village south of Kirkuk.

Before them on dirty cushions were a pair of tiny, wheezing infants; one was 24 days old, the other 35 days. Both looked ill. Shiya Juma Muhammad, the mother of the younger baby, pleaded for help. "We need food," she said. "We need medical service. We need security. We need to go home

Ms. Muhammad and her trembling infant are victims of a new wave of intimidation and crime in northern Iraq. They are among thousands of Arabs expelled from their homes by armed Kurds — among the United States' most exuberant allies in this war — and ordered to move away within three days. . .

In Northern Iraq, Arabs are ethnically cleansed by the Kurdish allies of Yankee imperialism. . .

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Who themselves may face repercussions from a increasingly anxious Turkish neighbour that wants the Kurds kept within strict limits. So much for glorious "freedom", democracy and self determination.

Reality just doesnt lend itself to the gullibility of those whose most comprehensive view of the world is the comfort of their midwestern US suburban living room sofa.

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http://www.washtimes.com/world/20030414-79011940.htm

. . ."We like Saddam Hussein," said Abdul al Jabouri, a Sunni Arab belonging to one of the tribes considered to be Saddam's strongest supporters. "And he has educated our people. And we will support him till the end."

"America is attacking us only for its own ends," said Khalef al Ahbad, a businessman. "We are a peaceful people.". . .

As the vandal Yankee hordes of Black Republicanism move into Tikrit patriotic Iraqis support Saddam Hussein. . .