tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5318038868332600558..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: World War ZeroOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65829148693554472262021-02-05T05:00:23.113-05:002021-02-05T05:00:23.113-05:00During the Iraq war, I read and heard 4 million pe...During the Iraq war, I read and heard 4 million people were displaced, 2 million internally, 2 million people forced out. A former friend's family of scientists had to leave the country. War is the worst thing, the most destructive of anything -- land, resources, human beings, livelihoods. Children were orphaned in Iraq by the war. I can't understand anyone supporting a war, unless it was the Civil War or WWII, a defensive war against the Nazis and their allies. Or perhaps wars of independence.<br /><br />I'm sure many museums dealing with African art would love to inherit that lovely sculpture, either in Africa or the U.S.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31492041148106784042021-02-04T15:37:43.106-05:002021-02-04T15:37:43.106-05:00So true. Sigh.So true. Sigh.Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31995324413314493222021-02-04T15:36:44.676-05:002021-02-04T15:36:44.676-05:00Maybe we should write a movie titled Head of Terra...Maybe we should write a movie titled Head of Terracotta, in which on Oba hires a detective to find what is rightly his. Of course obstacles will be placed in her way by pompous historians and defensive museum curators, not to mention paternalistic politicians.<br /><br />Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8076158350779008962021-02-04T15:35:57.305-05:002021-02-04T15:35:57.305-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-39469719998561731492021-02-04T14:40:56.942-05:002021-02-04T14:40:56.942-05:00Oh, Stan, you know how much we are on the same pag...Oh, Stan, you know how much we are on the same page when it comes to this. The list of British "small wars" fails to mention the number of military actions by the Queen's and King's determined empire builders. "Putting down a rebellion," they called it. They wiped out tribes in Africa who objected to being taken over.<br /> <br />“Whatever happens, we have got<br />The Maxim gun, and they have not.”<br /><br /><br />― Hilaire BellocAnnamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21001640403862390412021-02-04T13:15:23.719-05:002021-02-04T13:15:23.719-05:00History is so full of pain and bloodshed. Have you...History is so full of pain and bloodshed. Have you ever noticed how war leaders are often called "great" conquerors? See: Napoleon Bonaparte.Kwei Quarteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469765268067837660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73330267101521362432021-02-04T03:23:10.030-05:002021-02-04T03:23:10.030-05:00Thanks Kathy. Perspective is so interesting. I rem...Thanks Kathy. Perspective is so interesting. I remember a dinner at a home of friends who are of a significantly different political persuasion. The conversation was about the Iraq war (another small war!). I asked what their guess was as to the number of civilian casualties. The answers all ranged in the low thousands - three thousand, four thousand, etc. I didn't know the answer, but suspected that they were orders of magnitude out. My research showed a huge range of estimates, from about 150,000 at the low end to a million at the high end. I think the important thing I took away from that dinner was how people (in this case all devout Christians) could be so ignorant of the consequences of what their country was doing. I could understand their position (but disagree) if they continued to support the war knowing what was happening to civilians.Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-63612203588717520762021-02-04T01:23:56.939-05:002021-02-04T01:23:56.939-05:00Very good. All very true. And I'd add that me...Very good. All very true. And I'd add that mentality continued in many contemporary wars, like the Vietnam War, 3 million Vietnamese killed and 58,000 U.S. soldiers. And the press talks about the U.S. casualties, never the Vietnamese. People are still born with birth defects from Agent Orange and much of the arable land and forests were destroyed. And a lot of anti-Asian racism was deployed.<br />Only point: Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, as titled in W.H. Auden's famous poem. I pay attention to this as I found out two years ago that I had Jewish relatives still in Poland then or who fled.<br />An account of the Nazi take-over of their town is horrific and something I can't read again.<br />I would venture to suggest that you bequeath that beautiful sculpture to a museum in Nigeria or to an Museum of African Art in the U.S. There are many here, and I'm sure any of them would be very glad to receive it and so many people would appreciate it in Nigeria or here.<br />Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.com