Iraqis lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetary

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » July 28, 2004, 5:38 pm

...to say thank you for the American soldiers who died for their freedom.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2004 ... 05275.html

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » July 28, 2004, 5:52 pm

heh yeah and all it took was bribing them with new hands!

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » July 28, 2004, 5:56 pm

I'm glad. It's important to start mending fences, even when things haven't been completely resolved. I'd honestly like to hear more stories about both countries remembering the people (Iraqi and American) who died in the horrors of armed conflict which (hopefully) will mean a better life for their children in the long run.

I was at a huge campus memorial ceremony for the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who were being killed a few months back, and it was really something. It didn't even turn into an anti-war protest, just a lot of people who in some small way were acknowledging the ugly side of it and remembering the people who bore the brunt of it.

Admittedly most of the sympathy was for the Iraqi civilians killed and wounded, and rightly so, but it was nice to see that no one cheapened the deaths of the American soldiers either.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » July 28, 2004, 7:28 pm

Kelshara wrote:heh yeah and all it took was bribing them with new hands!

You mean the new hands we gave them was a bribe, you mean the ones chopped off by Sadaam?

If that is what you mean Fuck off!!

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » July 28, 2004, 8:01 pm

Your pre-teen arguments are amusing. That said, it is pretty irrelevant for the definition of a bribe whoever it was that chopped them off. And of course, since it was Saddam they were enemies of the former regime and obviously would be thankful for it's removal. Would be more interesting to get an un-biased person (good luck finding an un-biased Iraqi one way or the other however).

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » July 28, 2004, 10:41 pm

Very nice to see their appreciation. Very nice.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » July 29, 2004, 1:14 am

The propeganda machine lives on.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » July 29, 2004, 2:42 am

Siji wrote:The propeganda machine lives on.

Do you speak of Propagandotron? Dodge his evasive Scapegoat Beams(tm)!

Karae · Post by **Karae** » July 29, 2004, 2:49 am

Can we say "thank you" to the 1000+ soldiers that have died in a war that wasn't for their, or our or Iraq's, freedom as well?

Spang · Post by **Spang** » July 29, 2004, 5:52 am

every US service member (soldeirs are only in the army) is protecting your freedom right now.

do you think we'd be this free if the military just stopped being?

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » July 29, 2004, 8:16 am

Spang wrote:every US service member (soldeirs are only in the army) is protecting your freedom right now.

do you think we'd be this free if the military just stopped being?

Of course not, but Iraq never increased our "freedom" or protected it. Hell if anything it took away some of our freedom.
WW2, the Revolutionary War, WW1 etc are wars that protected our freedom. Iraq and Vietnam were unncessisary bullshit

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 29, 2004, 12:31 pm

Xzion wrote:
Spang wrote:every US service member (soldeirs are only in the army) is protecting your freedom right now.

do you think we'd be this free if the military just stopped being?
Of course not, but Iraq never increased our "freedom" or protected it. Hell if anything it took away some of our freedom.
WW2, the Revolutionary War, WW1 etc are wars that protected our freedom. Iraq and Vietnam were unncessisary bullshit

Iraq is part of the Axis of Evil. 'nuff said!

Iraq didn't take away some of our freedom, that has to be attributed, in genral, to terrorism of all kinds. Those suckers refuse to line up in straight lines to be shot down with superior forces. For this, I blame the american indians who didn't line up to be shot either. Hence, the american indian is responsible for any loss of freedom we may be experiencing now.