culture clash
from the guardian:
A few miles from the bridge to the south lie the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, founded 8,000 years ago, the birth place of Abraham and a flourishing metropolis at a time when the inhabitants of north-west Europe were still walking round in animal skins.
Sgt Sprague, from White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia, passed it on his way north, but he never knew it was there.
"I've been all the way through this desert from Basra to here and I ain't seen one shopping mall or fast food restaurant," he said. "These people got nothing. Even in a little town like ours of twenty five hundred people you got a McDonald's at one end and a Hardee's at the other."
it's the goddamn cradle of civilization. you'd think they'd at least have a taco bell.
Comments
I don't even know what a Hardee's is, I don't think. Should I?
Posted by: terry | March 25, 2003 09:45 AM
Or how about this quote: "'If in Iraq there's a leader who's fair, he'll be killed the next day,' he said. 'Iraqis have hot blood. If he's not tough, he dies the next day.'" So, from this we can draw the conclusion that the Iraqis have the leadership they deserve, and the coalition forces should just di-di the hell home.
Posted by: paul | March 25, 2003 09:53 AM
if i agreed with that, i'd have to concede that the united states currently has the leadership it deserves. that thought's enough to keep me awake at night.
Posted by: julie | March 25, 2003 10:00 AM