What will Dick Cheney think of next?

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What will Dick Cheney think of next?

Postby Vigis » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:07 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/od_ ... iraq_shark

I think Iran did it to frame America!
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Postby Ragorn » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:04 pm

Just like we were convinced that Saddam had WMD, an accusation which turned out to be equally laughable. Perhaps they should invade America to search for our shark distribution facilities.

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Postby Eilistraee » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:20 pm

All I want is some sharks with frickin lasers on their heads! Is that too much to ask?
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Postby Yasden » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:43 am

O' course ahm no' 'appy! Ahm a beeg fat slaub!

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Ah've goot more chins than a Chinese foon beuk!

Ah ain't seen mah willeh in three years! Which is loong enough teu beh conseedered legally did!

Ah eat becoos ahm un'appy! Ahm un'appy becoos ah eat! Eet's a vicious cycle...
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Postby Ragorn » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:09 am

Ach ah'm a black Scottish cyclops!
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Postby teflor the ranger » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:20 am

It's not entirely unreasonable to believe that the presence of the shark had something to do with America's invasion and presence in Iraq. Before the American invasion, the previous regime dammed off many of the water sources that fed into southern Iraq in order to crush their economic development - because southern Iraq was the site a lot of anti-Saddam activity. Since our invasion, many of the wetlands have been restored and the water flow has been redirected into the area.

Also, in southern Iraq, there has been a great increase in ship traffic due to the reopening of the country to trade. Under the UN embargo the decade before, fewer ships sailed through those waterways. Furthermore, a boom in development since the post-Saddam era may have caused some weaknesses in natural and artificial barriers to sharks traveling up Iraq's waterways.

While the news article seems to present the idea that locals believe it's some sort of conspiracy by America to scare Iraqis, I think it's closer to say that merely the Iraqis blame the Americans for the incident.

They may not be entirely that far off, but a shark is hardly the best or worst thing that's happened to Iraqis since our forces arrived in country.
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