tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post194219732759882637..comments2023-10-25T08:34:59.128-07:00Comments on Iraqi <i>American</i> Mojo: Remembering Arab Perspectives on IraqIraqi Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-23724488064037915302012-02-27T20:36:07.930-08:002012-02-27T20:36:07.930-08:00"It took Nobel Peace laureate Obama to end th..."It took Nobel Peace laureate Obama to end the nonsense"<br /><br />Not true. All Obama did was adhere to the FAFSA agreement Bush and Maliki agreed to.Mauryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155413912838430846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-1636465663309296332012-02-27T16:23:53.215-08:002012-02-27T16:23:53.215-08:00The suffering was the consequence of Bush's &q...The suffering was the consequence of Bush's "God told me to flatten Iraq" campaign. <br /> <br />It took Nobel Peace laureate Obama to end the nonsense. If you recall, McCain favored another 100 years of war.Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896617620139110214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-63792175917177952252012-02-27T09:00:31.844-08:002012-02-27T09:00:31.844-08:00Good points, jnana. As one Shia cleric put it in ...Good points, jnana. As one Shia cleric put it in 2005, "The killers of today are the same killers as yesterday."<br /><br />Also I think the media was a big factor after 2003. Suddenly images of abused and murdered Iraqis were televised and people were like "OMG innocent Iraqis are dying!" as if innocent Iraqis were not abused and murdered before 2003. It comes down to one thing: ignorance.Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-54572388600769031022012-02-27T04:52:26.454-08:002012-02-27T04:52:26.454-08:00It is really frustrating.
Some Iraqis might say it...It is really frustrating.<br />Some Iraqis might say it was better during Saddam's time because it is always easier to magnify current pain and forget the significance of past pain. Maybe. As for why Arabs defend Saddam times, some of them were the ones who really benefited from him (Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians) and some consider him an "arab nationalist" hero. <br />Whenever I get into this discussion, I always remind people that most of the current problems that Iraq is going through are an after-math of Saddam's tyranny! So to compare the two periods is pointless.Ghadeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811397676327530873noreply@blogger.com