Pablo Picasso's anti-war masterpiece "Fallujah"

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what's going on in fallujah they say is NOT an attack, but a defensive measure. all day, the hollow generals and warpigs chant the mantra, innocents will surely die, but hey, what the hell, we're at war. the pig in the white house says, we will do whatever it takes to secure fallujah for the benefit of the iraqi people. war is peace. this is sick revenge is all it is. just keep saying to yourself, this is not vietnam. this is not vietnam.

this is just plain slaughter. against 'insurgents'. the 'enemy'.
'outsiders'. 'dead enders'. 'radical clerics'. fuck. they are people, defending their homeland, but they have no dept. of homeland defense. they have only the will to survive, and nothing to lose.

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I've always liked your creativity, but this is a big step ahead...not only is it executed brilliantly, but it evokes that "Jeez, why didn't I think of that?" response...good innovative art usually does.

kick for art's sake, and fallujah's

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So sad, so true.

now a famous quote

and more amazed that it has been played over and over again like we sould be proud?

This has always been an outlaw town in Iraq; Saddam himself basically stayed clear of it.

Not that we should be there in the first place, but if you want any stability in Iraq now or ever, Fallujah has to be dealt with.

Saddam himself basically stayed clear of it.

Not more than two months ago the theme was, "Falluja is trouble because Saddam favored it, they did really well under him and now they're out of favor and fighting to get special treatment." You seemed to buy that instant reason for slaughter change pretty easily. So tell me what's your next excuse, is it, those primitive Arabs only respect force, so we have to kill them to earn their respect.

Falluja needs to be dealt with about as much as Washington, DC needs to be dealt with.

Thank you.

I was fortunate enough to see the real La Guernica at MOMA in the late 70's before Franco died and it went back to Spain. Absolutely astounding, moving, chilling.

To you, I must say thank you. We are all just a small group of like-minded folks gathering in this silly place called the inter-net. Our time is short.

I like to believe that those of us here at DU make some small difference every day.

You are one of those making a difference. Thank you. S

that may be your best yet!

definitely should be published. you should see if Will Pitt/truthout would post it.

and DEFINITELY submit it to Buzzflash