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depmats · 05-24-2004, 11:10 PM

[quote]Originally posted by tw
[b] First thing noted by Dexter Filkins of the NY Times (interviewed by the PBS Newshour) is how Iraqis show no remorse for those dead. He is quite blunt about how bad Iraqi attitudes have become in only the last three months.

Just a quick note - in my experience in KSA (Saudi) they never did give 2 shits about the dead or near dead. In traffic accidents which are common and brutal over there, people wouldn't pull over to help because "if Allah wants them to live they will live" Just a different way of thinking than most of us have. Of course these are the same people that would be running 120km/hr and just take there hands off their wheel to look in the backseat for something. Damn cars aren't as effective as camels at staying on the road. (Not a racial joke - just an observation from my own experiences)

05-24-2004, 11:10 PM	#4
depmats Major Inhabitant Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 124	Re: Exit Strategy [quote]Originally posted by tw [b] First thing noted by Dexter Filkins of the NY Times (interviewed by the PBS Newshour) is how Iraqis show no remorse for those dead. He is quite blunt about how bad Iraqi attitudes have become in only the last three months. Just a quick note - in my experience in KSA (Saudi) they never did give 2 shits about the dead or near dead. In traffic accidents which are common and brutal over there, people wouldn't pull over to help because "if Allah wants them to live they will live" Just a different way of thinking than most of us have. Of course these are the same people that would be running 120km/hr and just take there hands off their wheel to look in the backseat for something. Damn cars aren't as effective as camels at staying on the road. (Not a racial joke - just an observation from my own experiences)