There were a few attempts by Iraqis to rise up and they were all put down violently. An example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_uprisings_in_Iraq
The current wave of uprisings is not new. It's just being reported better. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Michael Dinowitz > <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > So we have two insane tyrants, both supressing his people. The only > > difference is that that Iraq was under Bush (who can do no right) > > and Libya is under Obama (who can do no wrong). > > That is not the only difference. In my opinion, there is another big, > huge, glaring difference. > > In Libya, they started to fight for themselves BEFORE anyone else got > involved. I will be honest and say, I am not really sure why that > matters, but, to me, it does. > > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm