Iraq, five years on

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Iraq, five years on

Post by Fresh Mint » 21st Mar, '08, 08:48

http://iraq.reuters.com/
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by T2K » 21st Mar, '08, 15:48

Worth watching, thanks for posting.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by Fat Bob » 21st Mar, '08, 17:43

President Bush also gave something on 5 years in Iraq. Also very self-promoting too.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by sluggo » 21st Mar, '08, 18:03

Very good work but disturbing.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by Zephyr » 21st Mar, '08, 21:37

Excellent stuff but as Sluggo says, also disturbing.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by Tack » 22nd Mar, '08, 00:15

Some great images there. Fuck.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by Joseph27 » 22nd Mar, '08, 07:56

I have tried to evolve past my "I told you so mentality" - to actually attempt to understand a way forward. It is difficult to do however because every strategy is so flawed that it comes down to finding the least problematic. I don't think anything can happen though until there is the regeneration in the Whitehouse and a repudiation of the most incompetent President in US history. If you have a chance go to http://www.dailyshow.com - John Stewart is awesome and I love his reaction to watching Bush recount the challenges throughout his Presidency - at the end John Stewart says 'even I forget how much this guy sucks'.

Turning this around though and looking at the positives through a more conspiratorial perspective makes you ponder the motivations a little further. There are billions of barrells of oil in Iraq that cost as little as a dollar a barrell to extract - there is a new US embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican coupled with a very strong US military presence. The Empire - if you see it as such - is, through sheer military prowess, able to maintain its hegemonic position despite being the worlds biggest meanest welfare recipient.
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by daffodil » 24th Mar, '08, 07:34

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/wave-o ... 60847.html

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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by Possum » 24th Mar, '08, 12:09

Dean Yates is rather yum [smilie=oops.gif]
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Re: Iraq, five years on

Post by skank-la » 25th Mar, '08, 06:27

John Stewart on 5 years in Iraq

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