Iraqis Love G.I joe - or do they!?

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"Let me remind the Americans. Those who are now greeting and kissing you in Baghdad are the same people who yesterday were burning Bush pictures and shouting support for Saddam," the bank director said. "Those same people, who were exhausted by wars and sanctions, will have another say when they will discover that the U.S. is an occupying force."

For Tewfic Mishlawi, editor of the English-language Middle East Reporter, the collapse of resistance in Baghdad was "a very sad thing."

"No one regrets Saddam's departure but the war in Iraq is wrong as a whole," Mishlawi said. "The way it happened was wrong: a superpower that ignores all legitimacy, charters and everything."

He asked what right Bush might have to change regimes.

"This pre-emptive policy is wrong and I don't think it will last," he said.

He said he hoped France and Germany would try to restrain Bush's doctrine.

A nd why don't we see anyy pictures of wounded Iraqi civilians cursing our existance?

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Thursday, 10 April 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Because the smart Iraqi praises whomever is control. DUH.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 10 April 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, the DUH was mean. I drunkenly plead forgiveness.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 10 April 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

You are forgiven Mr. Wilson. I guess they are being like the Italian guy in the whorehouse in Catch -22 who loves the germans when they occupy and loves the Americans when they occupy, becuase he is practical, not idealistic. I feel like so many Americans must be watching the news feeling great about our country, but I feel like we have really blundered horribly. Everyone hates us now. Who knoes what will become of Iraq now, probably civil war and lack of U.S. giving a shit, like we no longer give a shit about Afghanistan

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Thursday, 10 April 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

ya, the long term result are going to bite the u.s. - actually the world in the ass.
the pre-emptive doctrine already is loking like other countries my be eager to abuse (india & pakistan).

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 10 April 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Who is the bank director quoted here?

And how would you make a photographic image of a wounded Iraqi cursing the U.S. (apart from burning a U.S. flag)?

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 10 April 2003 05:37 (twenty-two years ago)

a little word bubble above his head;
full of stuff like !@*&%!! american *!@!#&!

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 10 April 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe many Iraqis really are quite glad to be rid of Saddam. They seem to be to me. Perhaps Saddam actually *was* hated. Perhaps the vast majority of Iraqi's lives *will* be better. I mean, perhaps not, but to be so pessimistic about every turn of events seems almost absurdly cynical.

― Bingo, Thursday, 10 April 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck g.i joe. anyone else see the picture of iraqis holding up the only american flag they could find - which had a picture of sly stallone as Rocky right in the middle? almosta s good as the kids in their newcastle united shirts.

― matthew james (matthew james), Thursday, 10 April 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm positive many iraqis are glad as shit to be rid of him. the cbc talked to this one iraqi fellow who stated something along the lines of "we hated saddam. we are very happy he is gone. i still hate america but i am glad he is gone". then went on about what they'd do if the u.s. overstayed their welcome.

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 10 April 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

At the very least, they must reckon that US control won't be any worse than the Baath Regime.
But I think they're also mugging it up for the cameras. I mean, everytime you see some Arab protest, they have placards in English. They're not doing that to be inclusive.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 10 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder who taught them the word "wankers"?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 April 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course today I realized when people having been bombing you back to the Iron Age and they are rolling through your streets with tanks and machine guns, you smile and wave, you dont give the middle finger.

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Friday, 11 April 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

You could always tell them it was a gesture of welcome.

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 11 April 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Leaving Saddam in power would have been all for the best obv

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 11 April 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder who taught them the word "wankers"?

50 Cent!

Oh how I laughed when I learned that the thumbs-up means "sit and spin you fux0r" in Iraq, though Iraqis have also learned it means "hooray Yankee Krispy Kreme Chloe Sevigney hot gams Ford Thunderbird" and are using it to greet soldiers no matter how they feel about the situation. I bet there's a few guys who are all "psst I'm secretly going to flip this soldier off but there's NO WAY HE CAN TELL!"

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 11 April 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Too bad the protestors around DC haven't figured that out yet, they keep spitting and using the birdie

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 11 April 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)

My brother sent me this, I dont know the source
"This defeatist tone in the press simply proved unsustainable day after day as the coalition forces seemed to be bungling their way straight into Baghdad. Iraqi crowds sometimes grew exuberantly pro-American as the Baath secret police vanished. An Iraqi civilian in Najaf exulted, “Democracy! Whiskey! And Sexy!” giving the war its first great slogan."

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Friday, 11 April 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

. . . and ILX another deathless catchphrase, thus allowing Nabisco and I to forestall the revelation of the Mighty T.A.T.U. Catchphrase for a few more years.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 11 April 2003 03:15 (twenty-two years ago)

the iraqis aren't as tickled to have the u.s. there as they would have us think according to these guys

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 11 April 2003 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Democracy! Whiskey! And Sexy! that is fucking good slogan

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 11 April 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Too bad a bout the Iraqi museum being destroyed. I think the Iraqi's are hopeing we will be like ' Well, you are free. Live long and prosper. We are leaving.", but I dont think Bush and Cronies have that in mind. More like "The dictator is dead: long live the dictator."

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Sunday, 13 April 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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