The Destruction of Iraq's Once-Great Universities

Harperdog writes "Hugh Gusterson has written a devastating article about what has happened to Iraq's once great university system, and puts most of the blame for its total collapse on the U.S. Quoting: 'While American troops guarded the Ministries of Oil and the Interior but ignored cultural heritage sites, looters ransacked the universities. For example, the entire library collections at the University of Baghdad's College of Arts and at the University of Basra were destroyed. The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandresekara described the scene at Mustansiriya University in 2003: "By April 12, the campus of yellow-brick buildings and grassy courtyards was stripped of its books, computers, lab equipment and desks. Even electrical wiring was pulled from the walls. What was not stolen was set ablaze, sending dark smoke billowing over the capital that day."'"

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[TheGratefulNet]

re-educate? their whole culture (islam) is not about learning. its about being force-fed, under pain of death, fairytales and myths.

give it up, guys. they don't want us and frankly, I'm quite tired of funding anything that goes their way. 100% pull-out and shunning is what is needed. economically isolate them and then let them realize that no country is truly an island.

until they want to join the world, isolate them. and I mean totally isolate the middle east. no more computer parts when their shit breaks, no more consulting, all westerners pull out, etc.

lets see how long they live on islam and islam alone.

education does not work when they refuse to join the modern age. they must first be learn that islam is NOT the whole world and the rest of the world is basically sick of their shit.