i am burning a Iraq flag in my mind.

[pwb]

is that legal? well i do not give a rats ass if anybody does not like it. these people have had enough time to get their act together. we have lost enough Americans, and spent way to much money there already. i am on notice to the Iraq people, you have your chance and you better make a move real soon or i say we leave and do not even look back. we are done with you.

[MrModerate]

1. One American life , One Iraqi life, One day, and One dollar . . .

Were all too much to spend on this useless, fraudulent, and doomed adventure.

[Kutjara]

2. Yeah, how dare they...

...let us invade their country under false pretenses, destroy their political and economic infrastructure, fail to provide even basic civil security in 99% of the country, torture their citizens and turn their country into a vision of hell on earth. If they're not grateful after all we've done, fuck em. We should definitely take our toys away and go invade someone else, preferably someone who'll appreciate it.

[tuvor]

3. You're blaming Iraqis for their problems?

I guess I missed the part where they asked bush for his help.

[pwb]

7. no i am not blaming iraq the war was wrong from day one.

Afghanistan was the right move. sounds like you want to stay forever no matter how we got in there? wrong.

[babylonsister]

4. Don't blame Iraq. Blame Il Dunce. nt

[uppityperson]

5. Indeed, they have used up almost all their chances

Time to just come home.

[annabanana]

6. "get their act together"?

Would that be the act they were forced to play when England created the country out of 3 separate, warring tribes? Is this the act that you want them to take up again?

They never HAVE been a real country, you know. Saddam just kept the lid on, that's all.

[pwb]

8. its been four years. you act like we have been there a couple weeks.

i don't need a history lesson from you. Iraq is a mistake, we never should have gone there, after four years it is time to come home.

[cynatnite]

9. Let's see...

bush lied about WMD, invaded Iraq, disbanded the Iraqi army and all public service, set up a likeable government and continues to occupy the country.

And you want to blame the Iraqi people who don't even want us there??? :shrug:

[pwb]

10. they are still killing our troops are they not?

if they stop killing our troops and themselves i may feel differently. four years is a long time.

[Flubadubya]

13. If the United States were invaded and occupied by a foreign power...

four years would be a long time too, but I bet we'd still be killing the invaders... wouldn't you?

[democrank]

17. pwb.....Would you just sit on your hands if

a foreign government invaded this country, tore down our statues, looked the other way while The Smithsonian got raided, changed our currency, set up road blocks, took over our oilfields, tortured some of us, killed tens of thousands of us, installed a puppet government, gave away our jobs to "contractors" from their country, hired mercenaries, bombed our cities, controlled our water, sewers and electrical grids? Would you defend your home and family against invaders? If you did, would you be a terrorist?

[uppityperson]

49. They are killing out troops because we are occupying their country.

Perhaps if our troops quit killing 10 times as many of them, quit torturing their grandparents, quit raping their young daughters, quit occupying their country, perhaps then the Iraqis would quit killing our troops.

[tuvor]

12. No, he's not blaming them, you see.

He just wants to burn their flag.

[democrank]

11. Know where I direct my blame?

Right exactly at the feet of that miserable failure, Mr. George W. AWOL Bush.

[pwb]

14. i agree just saying my patience with the people has worn out.

80% OF THEM SAY IT IS GOOD TO KILL AMERICANS.
LET REMEMBER OUR ARMY IS 140,000 CHRISTIAN TARGETS, THEY HATE US JUST FOR BEING CHRISTIAN. sorry about caps lock.

[Flubadubya]

16. OMG...

not a jewish soldier among them? Who knew! :shrug:

[cynatnite]

19. They're all christian?? Really??

There was a Wiccan killed in Iraq not too long ago. Hey, I bet there are a few Jews, too.

But I bet you only counted the christian ones and not those who are of different faith because they're expendable. :grr:

THEY WANT US GONE! WE'RE THE OCCUPIERS! WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

[pwb]

23. i said 140,000 Christians we have 147,000 troops there.

[cynatnite]

25. God loves the 147,000...not just the 140,000 like you do...

Hypocrisy suits you.

[onethatcares]

21. how about your patience with

this misadministration? Has that worn out also? Do you like the way the country has been bancrupted in the name of a never ending war on terror? Do you approve of the way the corporations in Iraq are raking it in hand over fist? Those are our tax dollars, not some imaginary shit pulled out of the air.

If this country was invaded I would wager 99% of us would say it's good to kill the invader. They don't give a flying fark about us being christians.

[democrank]

26. pwb.....

This is utter nonsense. They don`t hate us for being Christians. Not all of us (or the soldiers) are. What they despise is Bush`s march to empire. His arrogance. His meddling in their affairs. His I-OWN-THE-WORLD attitude.

[cynatnite]

28. Oh, and who made our military targets?

Will you blame your great leader? :eyes:

[uppityperson]

47. OMG, I thought you were being sardonic. You really mean this?

They hate us for invading and occupying their country. THAT IS ALL.

[countryjake]

15. but..but...but there isn't a McDonalds on every corner yet...

don't ya know, they GOTTA have access to Wal-Marts!



And which flag ya gonna burn?

This one:



Or the real one?

[Squatch]

29. The second flag is a Baathist creation...not necessarily "Iraqi"

The three-star flag was introduced by the Baathist government. The Baath is a secularist Arab socialist movement and would therefore be most unlikely to symbolize the existence of any religious sect or non-Arab ethnic group in its choice of flag designs. Even before the rise of the Baath, according to Phebe Marr's Modern History of Iraq, Iraqi governments have long tried to eradicate subnational loyalties wherever possible as a way of solidifying support for the (Sunni-Arab-led) unitary state. Far more likely, therefore, that a government committed to pan-Arabism (as the government that adopted the three-star flag in 1963 was) would choose to echo the symbols chosen by other pan-Arabist governments. Charles Tripp's A History of Iraq says (p. 173) that (in 1963), "Initially the new regime proclaimed a desire for unity with Egypt," and (p. 174) "The government entered into a tripartite commitment to unification with Egypt and Syria in April 1963" after a coup in Damascus brought a Baathist government to power there. According to one website on Iraqi flags the three stars stood for the three countries of the proposed union when the flag was adopted in 1963, but the meaning was changed to the three words of the Baath motto, "freedom, unity, socialism," after the 1968 coup that brought the Saddam Hussein faction of the party to power.

[Squatch]

18. A-freaking-men.

It's hard to follow through with "We'll stand down as they stand up" when they're not standing up and kicking us the hell out of their country.

[pwb]

20. yea their army only wants to fight close to home.

have you read that? that really cheers up our troops ha.

[Squatch]

22. They have an army?

[cynatnite]

24. One brigade of trained Iraqi soldiers does not constitute an army

:eyes:

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[Squatch]

31. By "you people", you are obviously referring to

short sub-equatorial hermaphrodites with red noses, knocked knees and a penchant for man-on-man midget clown porn, right?

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[cynatnite]

34. You are blaming the Iraqi people rather than the chickenhawks...

who put our military in this position. That's sick!

[cynatnite]

35. Oh, and no one wants the troops to stay...

ask anyone here...we want them home ASAP.

[pwb]

37. i wont ask you

[cynatnite]

38. How does your head feel in the sand?

I bet it's comfortable there. :eyes:

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[cynatnite]

40. That's your M.O., pwb.

Go read your past posts. You were more concerned about the 'christian' soldiers than the other serving with them. You said it was because they're christians.

Did you pull the assumption I wanted to kill muslims out of your ass? :eyes:

Since you seem to think that my religion is important to this discussion...I am agnostic.

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[cynatnite]

42. Your inconsistency is showing through your own statements...

I'm sorry you can't keep track of them.

Buh bye.

[uppityperson]

48. 4 yrs is enough, blame bush, not the Iraqi people though.

[democrank]

30. Maybe Bush could go over there

and train Iraqis in some of the combat tactics he and Cheney used during the Vietnam War.

[TlalocW]

33. Wow, you put the Iraqis on notice

That's almost as, but not quite, as scary as when Bill O'Reilly does it. Maybe next you can go buy yourself a Hummer to make up for your lack of manhood or have phonesex with an underling and bring falafel into it.

TlalocW

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

43. Kinda like stabbing somebody and blaming them for bleeding to death.

You bet we should get the hell out of their country, but blaming them for fighting back is against the "Christians" murdering them is a bit much.

[Clarkie1]

44. That's very strange. Why would you want to do that? nt

[genie_weenie]

45. Is it one of the ridicuolous Paul Bremer "Not-Israeli" looking

flags?



Hmmm, the colors of Islam are Black, Green and Red. So... let's use White and Blue as the main colors which no other hated country in the Middle East uses...

[datasuspect]

46. yeah, what were they thinking?

letting the US invade them and everything.

what are you smoking? i want some too.

[TheWatcher]

50. Give It A Name.....

:eyes: