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06-20-2005, 02:41 PM
"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."
This Dutch website (http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-germans.html) on the Great War has many interesting stories including the activities taking place in the Middle East. As the story "Suprising Ventures in Baghdad" states:
Quote[/b] ]Conquering Baghdad city is not a big deal, as became obvious again in 2003. The real problems always came afterwards.
The lesson that politicians and generals time after time forget is: After breaking a regime in the Middle-Eeast [sic] you have to face the population and they, the people, are much more dangerous than the regime itself.
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it I guess.
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This Dutch website (http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-germans.html) on the Great War has many interesting stories including the activities taking place in the Middle East. As the story "Suprising Ventures in Baghdad" states:
Quote[/b] ]Conquering Baghdad city is not a big deal, as became obvious again in 2003. The real problems always came afterwards.
The lesson that politicians and generals time after time forget is: After breaking a regime in the Middle-Eeast [sic] you have to face the population and they, the people, are much more dangerous than the regime itself.
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it I guess.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif