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This statue was made by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country; he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades. Kalat has been working on this night and day for several months. To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms. It is currently on display outside the palace that is now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped and shown at the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/kalat.asp

That's touching gesture. Brings tears to my eyes.

That's really sweet.

Yep, it brings tears to my eyes too. It's a painful reminder of how stubborn this administration was about Iraq. I wonder if you find this same guy today what his words would be since that was early on after the invasion. It seems to me these days that Iraqis are calling for America to get out of their land. But since our "fallen comrades" have already paid for our presence in their land with their blood, I seriously doubt we'll leave before getting just what we wanted to in the first place.

1. Military Bases
2. Friendly Iraqi Government
3. Solidify oil shipments to the US
4. Billions made from US taxpayers to companies like Halliburton.

Yep, really sweet gang.

Can you please keep your dirty sarcastic rhetoric out of this one thread?

This sculptor is one who "gets" it , therefore, it matters not ,to him, whether we are there for another year or 20 more years. He understands that we want nothing but good for him and his countrymen. We will continue to do nothing but enrich the lives of the average Iraqi. We are viewed quite differently than people claim. Every one I know has said they(Iraqis) are thrilled to see 'em. Most see, that in courageous fashion, a total stranger to them will put themselves in danger and ,yes, even die for their liberation. And this is done by how many others? Are these people too stupid to recognize this? Will they just forget WHY they are finally free? You must understand that even if only 0.5% of the people of Iraq are Saddam loyalists, that means there is a force of about 130,000. That number of people can create chaos. So even if 99.5% of the people cheer as we go by,there will be around 130K or so that the bias media can claim represent the feelings of most.
The wonderful gesture by this grateful Iraqi is testament that we have done a great and noble deed. Perhaps one day we will look back and see that it was the USA that initiated the end to Global Terror as we know it today. And yes, the evil one will have to be given some credit as much as that hurts some of you. I just hope you remember what side you were on when it is all said and done. And then live with it.

Beautifully said, devildog.

Btw Sayzak i keep his rhetoric out from all threads - it makes surfing Inreview much more pleasurable.

Every thread doesn't need to be a debate.

Do you all find a common bond between you all? I mean it's always the war supporters that arrive to such clear perceptions. I think that says enough in itself.

Secondly, if any of you think Curley posted this here to simply make a beautiful statement, it's no wonder why you all are deluded about this war.

As for devil's comment here

Hey oneofpeace,
It's really unfair of you to lump everyone into one catigory as "war supporters"
Ok and I was just saying hey that a sweet gesture. I would much rather see that someone appreciates that fact that our guys are over there getting killed to try to make their lives better, weather I completely agree with it or not, than having them blow a few more up you know what I'm saying.

Nymphadora I wasn't referring to you, just those that spoke out like

Mr Juke
Sayzak
Advance
Curley

To be be more precise. Sorry if you got caught in the wake. I don't know where you stand on the war so I wouldn't be referring to you. And even if you did support the war, I'd respect your right to do that without referring to you as some other lumped catagoried nut.

God knows Curley got issues, but with the exception of Mr J (jury still out on him) the others mentioned make articulated positions I can respond to. I just don't like when they all have to say the same thing over like above, as if they don't do the same thing.

At any rate, like I said, sorry if you think I was referrencing you. I wasn't.

You were the first person to speak out with any kind of poltical BS here oneofpeace. You even pissed off a potentially non-war-supporter with your bad timing.

Nymphadora,

oneofpeace is one of the most negative and politically corrupt personalities I have ever had the displeasure to come across. (Read more of his posts.) What is most disturbing to me is that oneofpeace is an American. As a citizen of a democratic society he has been blessed with the freedom to speak. The more he speaks the more he exposes himself with his vileness and rhetoric. So be it.

Yeah I'm a pretty nonconfrontational person. THat's why I usually avoid these threads. I honestly haven't read any of your post on this, I don't know your opinions of whatever. I'm not pissed zak, but the "yep, really sweet guys, and the eyeroll," which is perrty much a quote of what I said did give me the impression that I was grouped in with you guys. Not that I agree or disagree with any of you, I'm not getting into that. Guess I should start putting in my two cents in the post 911 forum, then I'll know more about what your all saying.

Well, I'm really not the type of person who "judges" poeple. Reguardless of weather I agree with them or not. I also don't form opinions of people based on what other people say about them. I am blessed with the ability to see more than one point of veiw, and I accept the fact that not eveyone agrees with me and I don't have to agree with everyone. But, thanks for the welcome, I will be reading some of the threads and then I might get more of a since of whats really going on here.
It's a shame that a thread that was started to show that something good can come out of something not so good can turn into a big bash session. I have a feeling I might not fit in so well here in the post 9/11 era forum.

Stay positive and love your life, that's what I say! (that's a 311 quote incase ya missed it!)

Zak, nice piece of postive info there. This is so not my domain. Any advice on where to get stared?

Nymphadora,

Get started in any thread here ! A lot of them contain relevant information. People are generally able to debate without frontal agression, but, indeed, it gets hot sometimes.

Well... I think you'll find the same people posting the same redundant things in every political section... The best advice I can give you is to disregard everyone else's opinions and find for yourself how you really feel on the issues.

EDIT: There are those rare occasions when everyone gets a long, but that only happens when we're off topic I noticed...

OK thanks.

Btw, devildog, i am thinking of moving to your state, Florida. Can you give me a brief description, how is your every-day life there? How is weather?

Absolutely Vette, stand by

And most importantly, is it possible to find a decent job? Say, in technical/IT industries?

I had it all layed out Vette and after I did a spell check it just went blank.Long post too. Damn! I will redo it later.

Yeah, this is frustrating sometimes. You write a long account - it takes some more time to people like me whose english is not their mother language - and you get this blank once you try to send it ! Time wasted and the same text to re-write.

Try copying it often as you're working on it. That way, if you lose it, you can just paste it and — voila (pardon my French), there it is.

do you guys have to use control "c" and control "v" to copy & paste? Whats up with the right mouse click?

Right clicking doesn't work for some reason I've asked, but have not gotten a real good answer.

Right mouse clicks are probably disabled thru a script in all web-pages of this site or there is some setting for this affecting the server - i am not sure, what's interesting is that my Opera (another web-browser) allows right clicks despite the rule (if I am correct about the cause).

P.S. Not trying to advertise anything here....

Right mouse clicks are disabled. Of course real tech head geeks like myself can work around it. But it is disabled by design.

Since i kinda did find a way around this too, i must be a 'real tech head geek'. Btw, can you change it in explorer and if yes, how?