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Babel-Fish | August 30, 2008 at 07:48 pm
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Having been to the Persian Gulf and lived there for nine months or so and had the pleasure to visit morocco on many occasion whilst living in Gibraltar. I have fairly good understanding of Arab day to day life. And of course the coffee shops, where very strong Turkish coffee is served with a carafe of water. The smell of the local market which is a smell one can never forget even worse than Filipino dried fish. I remember the friendliness and the smiles.
What I can not truthful explain what it was really like for the average Muslim family in Iraq at the very start of a war that should never of happened. He people had been ruled by a dictator supposedly a tyrant. I expect to the normal family that led a relatively peaceful life that the actions of the said tyrant did not affect their lives that much. But of course the food shortages and bad economy prior to the Iraq so called freedom war made life difficult. But these people seemingly looked happy when shown on the many television news products at the time of the embargo.
However when the bombing and missile barraged started it must have been terrifying the average family must have been very frightened and many innocent civilian people lives where taken and many where mortally wounded not just physically but mentally. Modern war is dreadful it all ways ends up that more civilians are killed and maimed than soldiers.
Directly after that war we see the plight of war, illnesses such a cholera and typhoid become rife and young children are the first effected and many die. The total lack of law and order see rape pillage and further deaths not by the occupying force but the local crooks.
After a while more and more civilians are killed in a senseless urban battle with so called terrorist of whom think they are the freedom fighters. Then Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a pit, put on trial to be murdered for his said sins.
What was this all for, this was nothing to do with 9/11 it was to stop China and India getting cheap oil and gas from a proposed oil and gas pipes stretching from Iraq and through Afghanistan. A war at the curtsy of the callous oil companies to ensure USA had complete control of the oil supply.
The oil companies puppet president Bush sent troops and enticed USA allies to fight a very weak army and to kill many, many innocent civilians and their children, to meet the callous oil companies aims and didn’t the arms manufactures and military suppliers have a hay day.
The terrible thing is that politicians like President Bush can indoctrinate a nation and send that nations sons and daughters to fight wars for corporate entities. Then they are order to shoot bomb and kill regardless of the civilians and innocent children.
Soldiers go to war being indoctrinate that they are freedom fighters to rid a country of an evil regime and a evil tyrant. However the status quo at the time was peaceful the tyrant was no more evil that most of the other leaders around the globe. This man was cruel but just to his enemies not a modern day Hitler.
Just picture being an Iraq child when the bombs came down and then president Bush whilst he was lying to initiate this very evil deed.
This article does not indicate that I am taking sides with terrorism, I hate terrorism and war and those that initiate inhuman acts especial President Bush of whom has much blood on his hands. I can not blame the soldiers only those that indoctrinate them and I feel very sorry for those that died and the families that lost love ones. I feel sorry for all those that where so called liberated and those civilians that where killed and maimed in that unnecessary war.
I fill sorry for all those Muslims that lead peaceful lives, that many very stupid people call their religion a non peaceful one and brand them as being the same as the fundamental terrorists.
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at 20:06 on August 30th, 2008
I'm interested in your choice of picture... can you explain it?
at 20:33 on August 30th, 2008
I thought it was a good likeness, but perhaps I should comb my hair? lol
I like to add some humor and make people smile, hope it made you smile.
at 20:19 on August 30th, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Many good questions, and many of them would have simple anthers.
Greed and Power have Broth War to Iraq, not the Greed and hunger for power by Iraqi leaders or people, no in this case by USA and GB Leaders. Greed and Power.
However in Morocco it is the Tea that is famous not the Coffee and so it is in most North African Countries. Turkey is famous for its Coffee though.
Good Post. Yes about the Picture? I was wondering about that my self as well, as Amy already asked.
at 20:26 on August 30th, 2008
Yes your right about the tea in Morocco, but in the Gulf and Saudi, coffee is served and it taste very very strong.
at 20:27 on August 30th, 2008
thanks for the flag
at 20:27 on August 30th, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff. Amy, interesting question about the picture. to me it seems as if the cute little monkey epitomizes all such humans around the world who are seeking answers to the questions posed by Babel-Fish, hence the glasses?
at 20:34 on August 30th, 2008
correct and thank you for the flag
at 20:27 on August 30th, 2008
It's a good piece ... and a terrible story to tell ...
at 20:35 on August 30th, 2008
thanks Emilio
at 20:30 on August 30th, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 20:36 on August 30th, 2008
thanks for the flag
at 20:55 on August 30th, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Good piece - I liked it - very reflective. Interesting pic too! ;)
at 21:18 on August 30th, 2008
thanks for the flag
at 03:16 on August 31st, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:59 on August 31st, 2008
thanks for the flag Barry
at 04:04 on August 31st, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:57 on August 31st, 2008
thanks for the flag Rhonda
at 08:58 on August 31st, 2008
at 07:24 on August 31st, 2008
Very interesting point of view, I really agree.
at 08:56 on August 31st, 2008
glad to see you agree, thanks for the flag
at 07:35 on August 31st, 2008
Babel-Fish,
As always, Truth to Power my friend. Difficult realities must displayed accurately for all to see, it's the only path to a successful solution...
at 08:54 on August 31st, 2008
My aim is to find the truth hamid thanks and I know you also try to do the same, thanks for the flag my friend, peace be with you
at 05:40 on September 1st, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Thanks for your article, I have always been a strong voice in trying to get justice for the innocent people killed by GW Bush bombs. You should also know much was loaded with Depleted Uranium, and that stuff stays in the environment for thousands of years. It is horrific. People like to say Saddam was a tyrant and killed his own people, but Kurds were not Iraqi people. Also I would call Bush a tyrant killing his own American people when they planned and executed 911 killing thousands of Americans. There is no possible way foreign terrorists committed 911... Evidence proves otherwise.
at 16:44 on September 1st, 2008
The problem with 9/11 is that there are many conspiracy theories, yours could be right but the 9/11 event was the excuse to seal of both ends of the proposed oil pipes on a route to Asia and China. The latter can be given firm proof as there is solid evidence that this pipe was going to be built.
All the theories of 9/11 have arguments for and against from experts and those of the non experts. I rather keep an open mind due to the fact I really can not believe that any US administration could be stupid enough to think that they could get away with such murder of their own citizens. Someone in the chain of conspiracy would breakdown and tell all and at present that has not happened.
Where as if the blame has been centered away from Saudi Arabia to a terrorist group in Afghanistan I would be more inclined to believe that's the truth. If Bush is involved in 9/11 I would expect its by direct association to someone in Saudi and no one else or very few within his administration knows anything about the plot. I beg to differ on view and of course your view is respected.
Thanks for the flag and comment
at 05:11 on September 2nd, 2008
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/warren-buffet-henry-kissinger-x-aig-mitre-corporation-blackstone-group-911
Rev. Jermano
at 17:18 on September 3rd, 2008
The article for some reason did not hit home to change my views about 9/11 but you fed a interesting comment that I will have to research and analyze over the next week or so. I am well aware that corporate America is not run by the politicians and the leaders are either puppets or highly involved due to their own cooperate interest. Corruption is rife they try to hide it but things slip out and fingers can be pointed. But killing and murdering so many US citizens seems to me to be a hard pill to swallow and done so two wars can be initiated? I have really tied to keep 9/11 conspiracy theory away from the facts shown that these two wars are about oil and gas.
at 18:06 on September 3rd, 2008
If they had no problem in killing 7 million Vietnamese, and 58,000 American troops over a lie about Vietnam, somehow this War on Terror is something other? I think 911 was designed as a pay back for the War Hawks humiliation in Vietnam.... They targeted buildings that held evidence and information on stuff like Agent Orange lawsuits, DU lawsuits, and Gulf War Syndrome lawsuits....And that is just the tip of the pile other things that initiated 911 from the fallout of Enron. 911 was also the biggest bank heist in US history.