Saddam's portrait gets heavy foot traffic at military museum

[LauraK]

FORT BENNING, Georgia (AP) -- At the National Infantry Museum here, one of its most prized paintings lies flat on the floor, covered by glass, so visitors can walk on it.

Museum director Frank Hanner thought that the most appropriate way to display a large oil painting of Saddam Hussein brought home by U.S. troops from Iraq.

Hanner said he's following the lead of the former Iraqi leader, who put former President Bush's image on the floor of a Baghdad hotel. In Islamic culture, showing someone the bottom of your foot or the sole of your shoe is a great insult. ..

"If you've got something from the past to remind you of your accomplishments, it lays the foundation for the future," Hanner said.

More here

[liberalmuse]

1. That's really funny

Our soldiers took (i.e.; stole, ransacked, pillaged, looted) that from Iraq. And this makes us different from Saddam's regime, how?

[agincourt]

2. Notice how,

we mimic them. Showing off the corpses. Tough talk from the prez.
Walking on Saddams portrait. The flag wrapped around Saddams face. It all looks very insane.



"what we couldn't get with monica we got with osama" ditto anon

[PartyPooper]

3. And, you wonder what else was pillaged from Iraq.

We'll never know.

Aren't you proud to be an "American"? Well, I'm not!

I guess I was born about 200-300 years too late for my psyche to cope with all of this hedonistic, barbaric madness!

Adolf Hitler, you've met your match in George W. Bush. You both deserve each other more than you will ever know.

:evilfrown: