The Westernization of Iraq

[Cooky]

The "Summer Festival" in Baghdad is the first celebration of its kind in the city

"I love this type of music," said Layan, a 19-year-old woman in a leather black top and full makeup.

"I hear a lot of people say that we're influenced by the West. Fine, there's no difference to me -- the important thing is I don't have to listen to this music at home in secret anymore," she said, pumping her fist into the air.

Just a few years ago, the sound of staccato gunfire or the echo of car bombs was more common in Baghdad than the resounding bass of electronic music.

Beats replace bombs: young Iraqis revel at summer festival

...So much for ISIS.

 

[Cooky]

I guess radical theocracies can't last long...

 

[Estro Felino]

I guess radical theocracies can't last long...

In the Middle East they exist since the 8th century...

 

[Cooky]

In the Middle East they exist since the 8th century...

Well I think ISIS is super-radical.

 

[columbus]

I guess radical theocracies can't last long...

You must mean the Bush administration. Didn't they take over Iraq, at gunpoint, a few years back?
Tom

 

[Cooky]

You must mean the Bush administration. Didn't they take over Iraq, at gunpoint, a few years back?
Tom

I forgot about Pope Bush, and how he forced us to pray or die.

 

[Spirit of Light]

It is sad to see that the West (USA) made Iraq into a western country with the filth from Western culture instead of the local culture. why must West force other part of the world to be "more like Us" ???

 

[Cooky]

It is sad to see that the West (USA) made Iraq into a western country with the filth from Western culture instead of the local culture. why must West force other part of the world to be "more like Us" ???

Motorcycles and music are filth in your opinion? You sound like a stubborn old man.

 

[Estro Felino]

It is sad to see that the West (USA) made Iraq into a western country with the filth from Western culture instead of the local culture. why must West force other part of the world to be "more like Us" ???

Oil.

 

[Cooky]

Oil.

Good point, Iraq has been Westernized since the moment they started pumping oil like Westerners. I guess it was just a matter of time until motorcycles and music became popular.

...That time is now.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Motorcycles and music are filth in your opinion? You sound like an old man.

It is not only that, partying, Alcohol (in huge amount) music that is not from middle east, different clothes, a lot of this come from America

 

[Spirit of Light]

Oil.

Yes, America does steal Oil from the middle east. That is one reason America went t war with Bush senior in the early 90s

 

[Cooky]

It is not only that, partying, Alcohol (in huge amount) music that is not from middle east, different clothes, a lot of this come from America

All evil in your opinion? Why not let people decide for themselves how they want to live their lives, lest we become accomplices in dictatorship.

 

[Cooky]

Yes, America does steal Oil from the middle east. That is one reason America went t war with Bush senior in the early 90s

Prove it. As I'm not the type who takes part in rumors or gossip.

 

[Spirit of Light]

All evil in your opinion? Why not let people decide for themselves how they want to live their lives, lest we become accomplices in dictatorship.

Well America are on their way to try to be world dictators, so Congratulation on that

 

[Cooky]

Well America are on their way to try to be world dictators, so Congratulation on that

That makes no sense. We're a democracy, the opposite of dictatorship.

...America wants people to be free and decide for themselves how to live their lives... You seem to be suggesting that Iraqis should not have that freedom, but rather, should be forced into ancient traditions against their will.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Prove it. As I'm not the type who takes part in rumors or gossip.

Iraq: what happened to the oil after the war?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

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The "Summer Festival" in Baghdad is the first celebration of its kind in the city

"I love this type of music," said Layan, a 19-year-old woman in a leather black top and full makeup.

"I hear a lot of people say that we're influenced by the West. Fine, there's no difference to me -- the important thing is I don't have to listen to this music at home in secret anymore," she said, pumping her fist into the air.

Just a few years ago, the sound of staccato gunfire or the echo of car bombs was more common in Baghdad than the resounding bass of electronic music.

Beats replace bombs: young Iraqis revel at summer festival

...So much for ISIS.

That's good news. Always nice to hear something positive for a change.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It is not only that, partying, Alcohol (in huge amount) music that is not from middle east, different clothes, a lot of this come from America

I get what you're saying but cultural exchange is natural and normal. There's nothing wrong with people adapting aspects of other cultures. The Middle East has always been a cultural melting pot. That doesn't mean the local culture dies or whatever.

 

[Spirit of Light]

That makes no sense. We're a democracy, the opposite of dictatorship.

Have you herd of Donald Trump? He aint taking a no for an answer anymore, and if people dont want to do what he want, they become his enemy, just heard of when he when to a city and told that if the did not vote for him they would lose their jobs. That is how a dictator threatens people