Yes it's a PR exercise, but isn't that the point? Call to prayer revived by troops Certainly seems that they're happy to relinquish their secular lives. The old irony comes out again that religious fundamentalism is one of the subjects that strike fear into the hearts of conservative America - whilst the Baath party were themselves secular. Encouraging the return of religious leaders is an odd turn of events - but at the same time highly necessary. The barber's is re-opening, so too the schools but most importantly of all... "A new football pitch, volleyball court and schoolyard are to be built for the children by the 1st Royal Irish."
So by liberating Iraq are we going to make it that much more difficult for the USA to win the World Cup? If so then perhaps all this free Iraq from Saddam Hussein business was a bad idea.
Re: Re: Getting things truly back to normal... Nah -- Iraq is some Middle East backwater with short strikers that couldn't possibly beat us in the World Cup. Kinda like Iran.
Re: Re: Re: Getting things truly back to normal... Making the QFs means we don't have to ever think about Iran again. Sorry. They can talk about that game in the pathetic way we used to say "1-0 1950" for the next half century if they like.