That triumphant march through Baghdad...

[LynnTheDem]

General Maude and the British troops taking Baghdad in 1917. It was a cakewalk. At first.

After marching in, with no opposition, the following declaration was read out by a buoyant General Maude to the doubtless bemused inhabitants of Baghdad.

"People of Baghdad, remember for 26 generations you have suffered under strange tyrants who have ever endeavoured to set one Arab house against another in order that they might profit by your dissensions. This policy is abhorrent to Great Britain and her Allies for there can be neither peace nor prosperity where there is enmity or misgovernment. Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators."

As the Iraqis say; same donkey, different blankets.

[lumpy]

1. Beautiful !

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