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E87M2 · Senior Member Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 1106

That statue came down. I think that many, many Iraqi's now really believe in the U.S. troops--that they are really concerned about helping Iraq find liberation and make a new government. It seems like the war is about over. But, maybe I shouldn't say that yet. Ari Fleicher said that the main word today is CAUTION. There are still pockets of resistence groups out and about Iraq. I just hope that everything will get better than normal for the Iraqi people. Now our troops are faced with the hard part. Rebuilding Iraq.

Jared · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 12:57 pm Post subject:

An Egyptian man being interviewed a short time ago told reporters that he was confused at the video feeds of Iraqis cheering the statue's fall and the coalition troops and wondering out loud how a people who voted 100% for Hussein earlier this year could now seem almost as if they didn't like him.

Do you think--? No, couldn't be... But, uh, did it ever occur to this guy that maybe the numbers were a little bit rigged? With all these Iraqi exiles and attempted exiles, surely he couldn't have received 100% of the vote, right? Oh, and only an estimated 300 voted anyway...

This poor guy, now faced with the realization that the whole thing was a sham... :)

Notice that the Iraqis are flying their OLD, pre-Ba'ath party flags? They know something that other Arab countries, Democrats and the BBC do not: this is a war not of occupation but of liberation.

The Top Crusader · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject:

Was it the guy that said, "they must be Iraqi rebels" or something amusing like that?

Jared · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

May have been.

Of course, I wonder how "Iraqi rebels" (80 percent of the country now that they're free to reveal it?) weren't a part of the 100% of the country that lent its enthusiastic support to Saddam? Wink

smurfs · Guest

that was so awesome when the statue of Hussain fell Very Happy

and his cousin may be dead and I heard on the radio that the Iraqis were giving our soilders flowers and there were hugging them too Very Happy

P.S. im EXTRAMLY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
Akua Ho'omaika'i 'Amelika !!!!!!!!!!! that means God Bless America in Hawiian

hawkeye · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject:

Sorry Im so late on this, but here I am...

Jared, that was good. The only problem with the court case is that US ex-POWs from the first Gulf War filed a case against Saddam for inhuman treatment. So, if we cant get Saddam in court for that, and the Germans cant get Saddam into court for their case, this war was the best option. :)

Skygazing: Yes, you, Coralfish, and everyone here, from the USA pays taxes. Everytime you purchase an item at the store, you pay anywhere from 3-10% sales tax, perhapse more.

Yes, I saw the statue fall. Very cool! I found it interesting how the statue fell as if bowing, then fell completely. It is symbolic of Saddams regime falling and most heeding the liberation, then the governemt falling the rest of teh way. God is good.

Coralfish · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 4:09 pm Post subject:

Just a quick note:
When it was mentioned today that the American POWs were found near Samarra, it made me think of the parable of the good Samaritan in the Bible.... kind of interesting.

smurfs · Guest

Ok now im shere that all of you heard about the museum right? and the only words that I can say is Why did they do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and now all of those valuable artifacts are gone or distoryed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess it gose to show that those artifacts should have been put in a different Museum maybe an American Museum, or at least had so sort of gard in the mueum, but that my have not worked Confused