So this is basically another 'told you so' thread...?
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Iraq and Afghanistan War Cost 10 years on
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Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave View PostYes - and any particular Iraqi dish you like? I am sure you already said that somewhere, but I don't think I read that before.
Oh, and there are all the usual pan-Arab dishes but I was speaking about the ones specific to Iraq.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Assyrian food is pretty much the same as the rest of Iraq & Syria but the main differences are the inclusion of pork into recipes and the fact that most villages grow their own grapes and produce wine. My impression of their wine wasn't all that favorable as it tended to be very sweet, too sweet really, as instead of growing wine grapes most of them grew table grapes to sell to the local Muslim population and then they'd make wine from the juice.
Oh, and though the west has seemingly learned about the Armenian genocide the fact is the Ottomans tried to kill off all of the Assyrians & Chaldean (they're the same people and they speak the same language, which is based on Aramaic but the Chaldean are in communion with the Catholic Church while the Assyrians retain the eastern rites) at the same time also because they were Christians so it is a real forgotten genocide.Last edited by Dinner; April 2, 2013, 11:07.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Oh, I forgot. Try Fasangoon, which is chicken in a pomegranate and walnut sauce, though I have seen quail versions of fasangoon at some of the local Iraqi restaurants. Usually they serve it with those purple pickled vegetables, some kind of rice (there are lots of different options on the rice), three or four different sauces, and some sort of salad. I found "summag" to be popular but it is essentially identical to the balkan cucumber salad I had so often in the former Yugoslavia. The Iraqi Christian places also serve alcoholic drinks with beer being popular but the traditional drink being Arak which is very similar to Ouzo in Greece or Raki in the Balkans. For non-alcoholic drinks (besides the ever present tea) there was this fruit juice yogurt mix which had rose petals floating it but I forget the name.Last edited by Dinner; April 2, 2013, 17:06.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Yeah, I feel sorry for all those Christians that are now being killed and persecuted and driven from their homes because of GWB. Iraq's forgotten victims...
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Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave View PostThanks! I will look for that somewhere... if I ever come across it, will try to ressurect this thread."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
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Great stuff - thanks!
and that Iraq blog thread was one of the best ever we had here... should be stickied.Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"
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Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave View Postthat Iraq blog thread was one of the best ever we had here... should be stickied."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
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I would also blog that post, Braindead, but I just don't give a damn."You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."--General Sir Charles James Napier
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There are a lot of vets like this guy and worse it now takes 2 ****ing years for a vet just to sign up for the VA benefits to see a damn doctor yet Republicans want still more cuts.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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