Wonder why no one's brought up the British gassing of Kurds in the 1920s?

[Roland99]

hmmmm...


The U.S. isn't the only country with a bloody foreign policy.

[TxRoadHawg]

1. why, what's it got to do with anything

[Roland99]

2. Great Britain has WMDs, they've used them in the past

Sounds like the same justification Bush used for going after Saddam.



Look out Blair! You're next!

[TxRoadHawg]

4. Yes, they do. Is this news?

Your talking 85 years ago. Who didn't use them during WW1.

[Emillereid]

3. In the incredible series that showed on Channel 4 in England

before the war called Between Iraq and a Hard Place, the gassing of Iraqis was talked about -- but I believe they said that Churchill wanted to gas them, but they weren't able to solve some technological/delivery problems. There was the will, but not the means. Churchill wanted to install in the Iraqis 'a lively terror.'

Here's the link for the show -- it is still funny and very, very prescient of events:

http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/iraq_hard_place.html

[Roland99]

7. Article from The Guardian

Our last occupation

Gas, chemicals, bombs: Britain has used them all before in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,939608,00.html

[Emillereid]

9. I guess the information from the show was wrong --

but it's still a great show.

[question everything]

5. Um... perhaps things have changed in the past 80 years

Britain is no longer the Empire that it was once was, and a more humble nation, the world is now a lot smaller, but still does not do much more about acts of genocide than wringing its collective hands - as Congressman Lantos so eloquently expressed

Because rehashing the past is useful only if it helps understand it and in formulating actions for the future

[JoMama49]

6. Most Americans don't remember what happened 8 years ago --

never mind 80 years ago! The RW of this country doesn't want people knowing about history -- they want to re-write it themselves!

[Benhurst]

8. Eight years? Most Americans can't hold a thought

between bowel movements.


:spank: Forgot to check it before posting.

[Emillereid]

10. Thanks for that line -- I'm going to steal it.

[Delphinus]

11. Haha, Benhurst ... love it! n/t