Shapoopie has just hit the fan in Iraq

[Lorn]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

Yea...what kind?

[88Mariner]

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[KinKyJ]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

what drugs are you on? seriously

[subterFUSE]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

*shiver*

And have some creepy voice in the background say..... "FATALITY"

[KinKyJ]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

*shiver*

[subterFUSE]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

Need video. It just doesn't have the same effect without sound.

[88Mariner]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

I'm calling bullsh!t on that. I've seen that in Mortal Kombat before.

[Lorn]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

Ugh.

[KinKyJ]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

News article says they hanged Saddam's half-brother..... and that his head was ripped off in the process.

Holy crap. You think there's cell phone video of that?

I've found some screenshots of that: http://webmaster.zattevrienden.be/img/barzan.jpg *toing*

[Lorn]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

I hope not.

[subterFUSE]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

News article says they hanged Saddam's half-brother..... and that his head was ripped off in the process.

Holy crap. You think there's cell phone video of that?

[KinKyJ]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

While I believe the U.S. Government is more competent than the U.N.

[Yao]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

lol

No, I can't agree with that. It's rather the composition that is it's weakness: every country is all too aware of it's onw stakes in every conflict the UN is supposed to mingle itself in and resolve. Yu can hardly say they're indifferent, but if you say there's too many cooks in the kitchen, I'll be with you on that.

[88Mariner]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

right on. fucking tired of every Yank yelling 'oil for food' whenever the UN is mentioned. Gotta say that they are pretty well mentally conditioned by anti-European and anti-UN propaganda though. 5 out of 5 star job from the US govt.

Besides, they're just whining about it because it means less oil for them to take from Iraq.

While I believe the U.S. Government is more competent than the U.N., and even so by just small margins, I nonetheless all governments today are completely bullshit, untrustworthy, and are mere manegerial systems to rule over populations.

More assumptions about me. what's new?

By the way Yao, the UN is far more guilty of others things than just the Oil-For-Food Programme. I'd say most of these things can be classified under "INDIFFERENCE".


Carry on....

[Yao]

Re: Shit has just hit the fan in Iraq

lol, you might be right.

Actually, it's not just the oil story for me - it's the whole breaking down campaign of everything other than blunt violence that has been waged in recent times. It's like 9/11 is being used as a wildcard for shooting at everything that you don't like, and while only talking isn't the way to go either according to most Europeans, it should definitely be part of conflict resolution just as much as violence.

The oil-for-food scandal came in incredibly conveniently for the US who weren't happy at all sitting and waiting and doing nothing. The funny thing is though that despite the scandal Saddam was economically tied by hands and feet thanks to resolutions 1284 and 1441. Not that the situation was ideal, but it has become pretty obvious that he couldn't get shit materialized out there. As for the situation of the common man: I somehow don't really feel that it has become much safer now...the areas that are relatively safe now were probably areas that weren't of much interest to Saddam's regime anyway.