Since when do we destroy art? Even if it is of Sadam? I've been watching the news, and i've noticed the U.S. marines devoting a lot of their time to knocking down statues of Sadam and the ba'ath party. I can't help but wonder if this is some kind of ethnic clensing, I mean we are going to try to put a democracy into their government, and since their society, their culture is one based around dictatorships, are we trying to make them forget their Iraqis, and turn them into Americans?
I for one think that is exactly what we're doing. Especially wtih a president that is so infatuated with manifest destiny and imperialism, and all that other stuff.
I, also think it is wrong. We have no right to tell these people to adopt our society. We are forcing it on them. I just hope we don't try to force democracy on them in the same fashion, because if we do it will blow up in our faces!!
I'm having so much fun there it's making it hard to keep up here!
Are we seeing another regime falling, at DU? Where are their fedayeem? People are getting away with murdering their insane logic, and the mods are nowhere to be seen!
Hey, z, is that you I see over there ;-)?
Since when do we destroy art? Even if it is of Sadam?
That's priceless!
Just the other day I was looking at the really bad Saddam art in Baghdad thinking that perhaps it would finally convince a few Democrats to support the war.
Regime change at journalism schools and art schools.
It's a start. (^:
LOL, IMO our Marines were engaging in acts of Performance Art.
There were reliable stories of a BRITISH couple - BOTH "Human Shields" - who were yelling at the US Marines who had just entered the mall, freeing the Iraqi's.
The sign's letters "HUMANSHIELD" are PRE-PRINTED (commercial art!) that an Iraqi couldn't do easily, but would be essential IF an Human Shield group wanted to "protect" themselves against US fire --- by hanging it outside a window, or by laying it on a rooftop, for example.
So, we've established that a couple of BRITISH liberals who hate Americans ARE present, would likely HAVE A SIGN with HumanShield printed on it; and who have already that morning been yelling at the troops and giving them verbal abuse.
Isn't it reasonable that THE SCREAMING BRIT's would hurriedly markup their own sign with a typically liberal (tacky, sex-filled, obscene) BRITISH epithet and insults to the Americans, then take it the the mall to "protest?"
Further, an Iraqi citizen is not likely to know English, take it from the Brtit's (after they dropped it?), and then walk around showing off the sign - without realizing he's insulting the HUMANSHIELDS, not the Marines?