Iraqi person versus hippie on war
Iraqi person versus hippie on war
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Getrag

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313 posts

293 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Sorry if this has been posted.

An Iraqi tells it like it is to an anti-war campaigner and doesnt hold back, wonderful.

www.spikeyworld.com/politics/pwndhippie.mp3

Bonce

4,339 posts

310 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Superb.

Andrea's laughter in that clip reminds me of a similarly natured woman I had a "discussion" with recently. I wanted to slap her as well.

apache

39,731 posts

315 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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god I'd like to play that to all these 'not in my name' w*nkers in Cambridge but I doubt I'd be able to prevent myself from losing the plot completely.

edited to add, I started off as a 'not in my namer' but I listened to other points of view,discussed it with people here and dug up a bit of history and realised that I was wrong

>> Edited by apache on Friday 21st March 14:20

FourWheelDrift

92,382 posts

315 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Superb.

Common sense, truth and reason stands up to a blinkered patronising "do gooder".

minimax

11,985 posts

287 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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that was refreshing. I was beginning to wonder whether there would be any protestors shot down by the voice of an iraqi - ie someone with whose position you could not argue with. after all, that woman was trying to tell him what she thought was best for his own way of life! my favourite bit was when he started calling her "little girl"

madmike

2,372 posts

297 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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That was a great post. Last night on one of the networks here, they went to Dearborn Michigan (largest Arab population in the US) to an Iraqi tobacco bar to ask them their opinion.

They all support the war. Most said they want to go back after Saddam is gone to help set up an American style democracy.

Early reports in some of the cities too, that the people are relived to be liberated. A woman threw herself at a Marine's feet in Umm Qasr, and other esidents talked about Saddam the Butcher.

size13

2,033 posts

288 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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I bet if you went to the peace march tomorrow and asked anybody there the same questions they'd all turn into "little girls"

She should be a politician with answers like that!

mannginger

10,302 posts

288 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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There is no answer to that question, given the person asking it.

I only wish that these people protesting can hear this and take note. I suspect that a large percentage of the Iraqi people will be somewhat better off without Mr Hussein.

I only hope that his removal comes at as small a price as possible (on both sides)

Phil

moleamol

15,887 posts

294 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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The latest is that an anti-war protest has lead to the death of two people, one of them a young boy. This was in Yemen. Great way to try and bring peace about

robp

5,823 posts

295 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Quality post!

"stop playing ping-pong little girl"

Made me

banjolucknicker

258 posts

288 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Fantastic post. Great arguement from the 'little girl' - NOT. It is the people of Iraq I would tend to listen to more. One thing I would like to see is the Iraqi peoples reaction when they have been liberated and they see all the anti war demonstrations that have been occuring.

madmike

2,372 posts

297 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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My favorite line - had me rolling - is when he referred to her Nikolodean diplomacy.

minimax

11,985 posts

287 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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madmike said: My favorite line - had me rolling - is when he referred to her Nikolodean diplomacy.


yep that was cool

I wonder if they were face to face - they would probably have come to blows!

rpguk

4,520 posts

315 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Well I suppose different people have different opinions, I watched debates and discussions involving Iraqi people, some just out of the country some been here for years, opinion seems to really be divided in Iraq, some want a war to remove SH some don't want a war because they feel that an externally imposed change won't be right for Iraq in the long run.

Remember this mp3 shows just one side of the argument.

smeagol

1,947 posts

315 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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rpguk quite agree and the fact that this Andrea was particulalry awful at answering his question. You can be for changing/geting rid of Sadam Hussein and still be against the war (I am). The other point to note was that this was an iraqi living in America. Were he living in Baghdad at the moment would his opinion be the same?

Did anyone see the BBC news 24 where they interviewed a very emotional bloke in Jordon. He was definetly not for the war stating that the fight would never be over.

tuscansix

535 posts

307 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Now that was funny!

It appears Andrea went to the Michael Hesletine school of answering questions on air. Although I would mark her as a D- in that respect

atg

23,844 posts

303 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Breath of fresh air.

If you want change, there is a price. If anyone can suggest a better way, then spell it out.

victormeldrew

8,293 posts

308 months

Friday 21st March 2003
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Brilliant. And the DJ's closing comments were priceless too - he had been called up.