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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I said to [George W. Bush], even before he entered Iraq:
"Forget about all that. We, the Arabs . . . are not like regular countries. You will drown there". He didn't believe me." -- Omar Sharif.
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"I said to [George W. Bush], even before he entered Iraq: (Original Post)
Brigid
Mar 2015
OP
But Chimpy didn't drown there. America did. Chimpy just went "Heh heh no WMD's here.
bahrbearian
Mar 2015
#1
Spreading Democracy with war is the biggest lie of all. The MIC prospers when
rhett o rick
Mar 2015
#7
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)1. But Chimpy didn't drown there. America did. Chimpy just went "Heh heh no WMD's here.
More Time to spend painting in the bath tub.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)2. Yeah, but McChimp probably thinks we won.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)6. He and his family did win. nm
kairos12
(12,851 posts)3. Shrub was too busy getting over his pretzel injury to pay attention.
calimary
(81,194 posts)4. Amazing quote!
herding cats
(19,558 posts)5. Omar Sharif said in a 2004 interview to the Guardian:
"This whole business of wanting to put democracy in the Middle East is total rubbish. It will never happen." He believes Arabs are too poor and too tribal. "There is no such thing as democracy for a tribal people," he says. "The moment they turn their backs and leave Iraq there will be the most bloody civil war in the history of the world. They will kill each other, the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shia. They will kill each other completely; they will eliminate each other."
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/mar/22/features.timdowling
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/mar/22/features.timdowling
I'm sure the Bush admin had people telling them the same thing, they had to know better and just chose either not to care, or not to listen. So, people died and continue to die who wouldn't have otherwise. But hey, the war has made a lot of money for military contractors, and big oil rode a wave of massive profits for a decade. Billionaires were made from that war, so at least there's that.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)7. Spreading Democracy with war is the biggest lie of all. The MIC prospers when
we have wars. It's about profits. Hillary Clinton knew this.