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> > Every decade or so, we should remind ourselves of who the Iraqis are:
> >
> > 1. Twelve-thousand years ago, they invented irrigated farming. They got
> > to be so good at it that, today, they can still produce all the food
> > they need even when "sanctions" are imposed.
> >
> > 2. They invented writing.
> >
> > 3. They figured out how to tell time.
> >
> > 4. They founded modern mathematics.
> >
> > 5. In the Code of Hammurabi, they invented the first legal system that
> > protects the weak, the widow and the orphan.
> >
> > 6. Five-thousand years ago, they had philosophers who attempted to list
> > every known thing in the world.
> >
> > 7. They were using Pythagoras' theorem 1,700 years before Pythagoras.
> >
> > 8. They invented artificial building materials, some kind of
> > pre-fab-crete stuff used to construct high-rise towers.
> >
> > 9. Ur, in southeast Iraq, is assumed to be the place we're all descended
> > from.
> > 10. They were the first people to build cities and live in them.
> >
> > 11. For thousands of years, they wrote the greatest poetry, history and
> > "sagas"
> > in the world.
> >
> > 12. Because they were great horse breeders, they invented the cavalry in
> > war.
> >
> > 13. The Iraq Museum in Baghdad contains some of the most outstanding
> > stone, metal and clay sculptures and inscriptions created in the history
> > of the world. Some of them are more than 7,000 years old. .
> >
> > 14. The first school for astronomers was established by Iraqis.
> > This is how the "wise men" got to be so wise. They knew how to follow
> > the star.
> >
> > 15. Beginning around 800 A.D., the Iraqis founded universities that
> > imported teachers from throughout the civilized world to teach medicine,
> > mathematics, philosophy, theology, literature and poetry.
> >
> > 16. For the first 1,200 years of its existence, Baghdad was regarded as
> > one of the most refined, civilized and festive cities in the world.
> >
> > 17. Abraham, the father of Israel, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 18. Abraham, the father of Islam, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 19. Abraham, the father and "model" of Christian faith, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 20. Iraq , is the second largest reserve of oil.
> > 21. Before 1980, Iraq has the largest number of date palm trees in the
> > world.
> >
> > 22. Iraqi wheat, rice, and meat are considered from the finest types in
> > the world.
> >
> > 23. Iraq, has the biggest softwater/population ratio in the world, seven
> > rivers.
> >
> > 24. Iraqis, once considered as the Germans of Arabs with highest percent
> > of highly educated people.
> >
> > 25. Iraq, is one of the world's richest territories in historical sites
> > and holy shrines.
> >
> > Saddam Hussein doesn't regard himself as the heir of Abraham, or even as
> > the heir of Muhammad. He regards himself, first and foremost, as the
> > heir of Nebuchadnezzar. He identifies, in other words, with the
> > enslaver, not the enslaved.
> >
> > Everything we know about the rest of Iraq tells us that Saddam is the
> > exception, not the Iraqis.
> > Every decade or so, we should remind ourselves of who the Iraqis are:
> >
> > 1. Twelve-thousand years ago, they invented irrigated farming. They got
> > to be so good at it that, today, they can still produce all the food
> > they need even when "sanctions" are imposed.
> >
> > 2. They invented writing.
> >
> > 3. They figured out how to tell time.
> >
> > 4. They founded modern mathematics.
> >
> > 5. In the Code of Hammurabi, they invented the first legal system that
> > protects the weak, the widow and the orphan.
> >
> > 6. Five-thousand years ago, they had philosophers who attempted to list
> > every known thing in the world.
> >
> > 7. They were using Pythagoras' theorem 1,700 years before Pythagoras.
> >
> > 8. They invented artificial building materials, some kind of
> > pre-fab-crete stuff used to construct high-rise towers.
> >
> > 9. Ur, in southeast Iraq, is assumed to be the place we're all descended
> > from.
> > 10. They were the first people to build cities and live in them.
> >
> > 11. For thousands of years, they wrote the greatest poetry, history and
> > "sagas"
> > in the world.
> >
> > 12. Because they were great horse breeders, they invented the cavalry in
> > war.
> >
> > 13. The Iraq Museum in Baghdad contains some of the most outstanding
> > stone, metal and clay sculptures and inscriptions created in the history
> > of the world. Some of them are more than 7,000 years old. .
> >
> > 14. The first school for astronomers was established by Iraqis.
> > This is how the "wise men" got to be so wise. They knew how to follow
> > the star.
> >
> > 15. Beginning around 800 A.D., the Iraqis founded universities that
> > imported teachers from throughout the civilized world to teach medicine,
> > mathematics, philosophy, theology, literature and poetry.
> >
> > 16. For the first 1,200 years of its existence, Baghdad was regarded as
> > one of the most refined, civilized and festive cities in the world.
> >
> > 17. Abraham, the father of Israel, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 18. Abraham, the father of Islam, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 19. Abraham, the father and "model" of Christian faith, was from Iraq.
> >
> > 20. Iraq , is the second largest reserve of oil.
> > 21. Before 1980, Iraq has the largest number of date palm trees in the
> > world.
> >
> > 22. Iraqi wheat, rice, and meat are considered from the finest types in
> > the world.
> >
> > 23. Iraq, has the biggest softwater/population ratio in the world, seven
> > rivers.
> >
> > 24. Iraqis, once considered as the Germans of Arabs with highest percent
> > of highly educated people.
> >
> > 25. Iraq, is one of the world's richest territories in historical sites
> > and holy shrines.
> >
> > Saddam Hussein doesn't regard himself as the heir of Abraham, or even as
> > the heir of Muhammad. He regards himself, first and foremost, as the
> > heir of Nebuchadnezzar. He identifies, in other words, with the
> > enslaver, not the enslaved.
> >
> > Everything we know about the rest of Iraq tells us that Saddam is the
> > exception, not the Iraqis.
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