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Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives in Mosul to Declare Victory
Over ISIS, says the New York Times.
Of course, none of this would have been necessary if not for
the 25 year hate of the United States government, peaking with George Bush
invading Iraq after 911.
And none of this would have been necessary had not the
United States Government created ISIS.
To
ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where
they make a desert, they call it peace.
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Publius
Tacitus (or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus; c. 56–after 117 AD), Roman orator,
lawyer, and senator. Attributed to Calgacus who, according to
Tacitus, was a chieftain of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman
army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern
Scotland in AD 83 or 84.
Tony & LOL: with apologies, I have lost your comments due to an update issue. Please post again if you wish.
ReplyDeleteWhew! I thought I'd violated your sense of decorum somehow, Bionic, much as you violated Gary North's with that reprehensible hoax of yours! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I will be happy to re-post my comments:
This is what victory looks like in Mosul, Iraq. Happily, when that Blessed Day comes and Iraqis embrace secular democracy, open borders, LGBQT rights, abortion on subsidized demand, Two Respectable Parties, etc., they will become beneficiaries of a 21st century Marshall Plan. Americans can then congratulate themselves for having rebuilt Mosul while conveniently ignoring the fact it was "their" government that bombed it to smithereens.
Still, let's not completely dismiss this Iraqi feat.
ReplyDeleteThe Iraqis were able to achieve victory despite its evil, backstabbing "ally", the US government, which provided support to Iraq's enemies.
When I flew into and around Iraq, I thought the ribbons of green were beautiful and someday I'd be able to go back in Peace, like others who returned to Vietnam without guns but wearing tennis shoes "Made in Vietnam". That's still a long time from now.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing missing is the dead bodies,shattered lives, that it took to get there?
ReplyDeleteThanks Owyhee Cowboy
Yes. Every one of those buildings was a home to multiple families. Schools, markets, mosques, churches. All of it turned to dust.
DeleteAnd the people: dead, permanently injured physically (certainly emotionally), and refugees...homeless.
"You can't have an Omelet if you don't break some eggs", Bionic. ...Too soon? War is Peace, 0% Interest rates grow the economy, etc., ad nas..
DeleteToo bad most people don't have the venom toward what has been wrought in this real community that Gary North has against your fictional dreamland.
DeleteOrdo ab chaos,folks, ordo ab chaos.
ReplyDeleteBrian
I wrote almost the same thing when I commented on this story at another site.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck do these people have to back to?
“The history of civilization is a river on whose waters soldiers and politicians are fighting and shedding ballots and blood; but on the banks of the river, people are raising children, building homes, making scientific inventions, puzzling about the universe, writing music and literature.” - William Durant
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