Iraq is a concept dreamed up in the 1920's. The League of Nations invented it and gifted it to the British who consolidated the border. This imaginary line enclosed groups of people with different customs and version of Islam.
Naturally they will fight each other, as they have since about 15 minutes after Mohammed died of a headache.
So there is an inevitability to the discord in Iraq, regardless of whether the US army is doing any good there. This inevitability is ordained by the shape of the border, the geography/demography and the history.
I say let 'em get on with it. Lets not get precious about it - its practically their cultural heritage. Get the fuck out, and game on.
Slashdot Mirror
lol, I thought it was Ubuntu that "just works"...
Wharrgarbl!!!
I, for one, welcome our nocturnal overlords!
Yeh.
But I'm gonna wait for the portal to Uranus.
I'm from the day side of the earth and am really getting a kick out of these replies.
Semantics don't count people! People count people.
3 thats, 2 thans, 3 thinks in one sentence. Followed by an immediate "think that" combo in the next sentence.
Goddamn, I dunno what you're trying to say, but you got rhythm.
Iraq is a concept dreamed up in the 1920's. The League of Nations invented it and gifted it to the British who consolidated the border. This imaginary line enclosed groups of people with different customs and version of Islam.
Naturally they will fight each other, as they have since about 15 minutes after Mohammed died of a headache.
So there is an inevitability to the discord in Iraq, regardless of whether the US army is doing any good there. This inevitability is ordained by the shape of the border, the geography/demography and the history.
I say let 'em get on with it. Lets not get precious about it - its practically their cultural heritage. Get the fuck out, and game on.
He's prolly just a /b/ tard getting above himself.
I read it as Taserday.
Don't etc. me, bro...
Jesii
Wolfgang Pauli says
physics of the water car
is not even wrong
Wolfgang Pauli says,
physics of the water car,
is not even wrong.