April 12, 2003

Putting things in perspective

Remember the scene where thousands of Iraqis took to the streets and cheered when US soldiers toppled the statue of Saddam? Check out these photos:

From BBC

From Indymedia

I wasn't there so I can't speak to the authenticity for these pictures. Nevertheless, I don't think the world got the full picture on what occurred. I think that's really unfortunate, especially since the statue image was hand-picked by the press to symbolize the end of the war and will, almost certainly, appear in school textbooks a few years down the road.

Posted by sarah at April 12, 2003 5:55 PM | TrackBack