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NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:52 PM Jun 2016

World Heritage and Beauty You'll Never See Again (IMAGE HEAVY)

Temple of Baal-Shamin - Palmyra, Syria



Mosque of the Prophet Younis - Mosul, Iraq



Uwais al-Qarni Mosque - ar-Raqqa, Syria


Nimrud, Ancient Assyrian City of Kalhu - Northern Iraq


Ancient City of Hatra - Northern Iraq




Dair Mar Elia, Saint Elijah's Monastery - Mosul, Iraq




Armenian Genocide Memorial - Deir ez-Zor, Syria




Tal Afar Citadel - Northern Iraq



Arches of Palmyra - Palmyra, Syria




I don't have the heart to show you what all these places look like now.
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World Heritage and Beauty You'll Never See Again (IMAGE HEAVY) (Original Post) NuclearDem Jun 2016 OP
Makes want to cry and cry again and again katmondoo Jun 2016 #1
It makes a special kind of sick, that I can say. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #2
Odd that they spend so much time on (de)construction projects while supposedly losing... Shandris Jun 2016 #3
This shit is unreal. bravenak Jun 2016 #4
They do it intentionally to hurt and goad. They don't care to understand. haele Jun 2016 #6
I agree bravenak Jun 2016 #7
imagine MFM008 Jun 2016 #5
 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
3. Odd that they spend so much time on (de)construction projects while supposedly losing...
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 04:05 PM
Jun 2016

...a running war.

I can think of many more things to use explosives on in the case of being caught in a losing war, and architecture that I don't like from 4,000 years ago is darn near dead last on that list.

Monsters.

haele

(12,652 posts)
6. They do it intentionally to hurt and goad. They don't care to understand.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 05:31 PM
Jun 2016

It's a f'n temper tantrum fueled by the willful ignorance of the dis-affected youth and a cynical grasp for power by self-involved older fuck-wads who would choose to live in a very small and constricted world so long as they are in charge.


Haele

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