[Peelod]

This was found at a site that gives very little credit to W. But this is Bush's fault.

[explodingspleen]

I think I speak for everyone here when I say: Iraq has marshes???

[Thinkin' Gal]

"The future of the 5,000-year-old Marsh Arab culture and the economic stability of large portions of southern Iraq are dependent on the success of this restoration effort," they write in next week's issue of the journal Science.

[RobinOfKingston]

. . . Marsh Arabs . . .

There's a pregnant thought.

[Our man in washington]

Well, as we all know, environmental catastrophes only happen in capitalist nations. (Sarcasm alert.)

I have a brother who is a radical environmentalist. I once really got his goat by saying "you know what was the most harmful thing man ever did to the environment in the new world?" He said something about cars our the Amazon, and then I pointed out that it was the Mayans cutting down pretty much an entire jungle. Man, he hated that answer.

Oh, wait, let me get back to the point of this thread. Fanatical societies tend to lay waste to the environment. That's how I'll connect the Mayans and Saddam Hussein. And the Soviet Union. And the Chinese.

[blam]

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

This is the 2200-2300 year old crater that was found after Saddam drained the swamp. Click on the link above the article for some interesting discussion and speculation.

[Peelod]

My desire in starting this thread was to give credit to W as an environmentalist. When will we hear from Olbermann, Moore, Garafalo, Franken, et al. on this topic?