"its a very dangerous thing to civilize societies" says Rummy. on c-span

[rodeodance]

now.

[hatrack]

1. Bush Syndrome - it's catching nt

.

[rodeodance]

2. whow--this was a bombshell!!

[rodeodance]

3. see this DU thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3763111&mesg_id=3763435

[MindPilot]

4. so is he saying that us white people

have a god-given duty to bring civilization to them dark-skinned savages?

What a pig. (my apologies to the porcine population.)

[bryant69]

7. That's exctly what I was thinking

The White Man's Burden.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[wtmusic]

8. Hey, they've been floundering about for centuries

without Christ, baseball, or Wal-Mart...it's amazing they've lasted this long :eyes:

[ET Awful]

5. How would he know? He's never civilized one.

Reporter: What do you think of western civilization?
Ghandi: I think it would be a good idea.

[lady lib]

6. So tell me again why the rest of the world thinks we're

A R R O G A N T.

Arghhhh.:banghead:

[Just Me]

9. A-S-S-H-O-L-E!!!

It blows my mind that ANYONE would make such a statement,...and this freak oversees the DoD!!!

I swear, this kind of stuff really makes me believe that reincarnation is the real deal. This guy is from some other century.

[AnnInLa]

10. how condescending of him

as if that area of the world was not one of the "Cradles of Civilization." America wants to "corporatize" not civilize.

[etherealtruth]

11. "Civilize?" ...

...as in Iraq? Perhaps he's never heard of Mesopotamia.

"Civilize?" --- oh yes, thats an enraging statement!

[applegrove]

12. Dangerous to megalomaniacs who don't go in for humanitarian

reasons using the UN and procurement systems - so that the contracts($$) doesn't go to Iraqis but to Haliburton. Rummy needed to prove 1) preemptive non-UN war is the best kind of war 2) War can be done on the cheap using too few troops. Both of these made the insurgency much, much worse!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. No wonder they haven't tried it here.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

[dogday]

14. It's Hard Work, It's Very Hard Work, We are Working Hard

same old story, different story teller.....

[LynnTheDem]

15. Ahhh so the CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION wasn't. Why didn't we just GAS them?

Winston Churchill, the man bush worships:

"I do not understand squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes."

Good thing the Great White America has stepped in to CIVILIZE those uncivilized brown-skinned tribes in Iraq!

Jeebus Frigging Crepes. And they wonder why the world despises us.