knocking the statue down

[freeclimb9]

As I watched the marines use their vehicle to topple the statue of Saddam today, I thought it was a shame. I think they should've let the Iraqis work on it; let them do it themselves. Much like the Germans went after the Berlin wall. It might have taken days, but it would've been all their own work. It's easy to let someone else (like Uncle Sam) do the heavy lifting, but more satisfying to do it for yourself. And it would have been an accurate symbol of what the Iraqis will need to do in the coming months and years. As Ben Franklin said, work begets work.

[Dru]

Think of the lost buildering (statuing) potential.

[vegetablebelay]

I felt the same way, but after an hour or so it was clear that their statue-collapsing skills were on par with their repelling-the-enemy skills and it just wasn't happening. We need to get the word out that the regime is dead, so it was good to get it down before the sun went down there.

[Fairweather]

 

That shoe on the left looks suspiciously like one of my old "eb" rock shoes from 1982. The guy on the right kissing GW's picture is j_b. ...a little more tongue is required there, j_b.

[Fairweather]

I'll bet "Baghdad" Jim McDermott would like to get his hands on that Saddam statue! He could have it resurrected it in Freemont.

[iain]

are you sure that's a guy in the above photo?

[RobBob]

Fairweather's contribution is awarded Post of the Week!!

 

[freeclimb9]

I read about this in the LA Times. Stupid western reporters were shaken down by the director general of the information ministry. He had threatened to shut down the foreign television networks Tuesday night unless they paid up so-called service fees to pay for the reporter's minders. He collected $200,000 in cash and disappeared. What idiots.

 

[freeclimb9]

In Kirkuk, the Kurds knocked a statue of Saddam down on their own. The Kurds, who under the protection of the US and British enforced no-fly zone, set up their own goverment. The Kurds kick ass, IMO.