Stuff Happens?

Published on Thursday, June 8, 2006 by the Associated Press That painting and the rest of the exhibit illustrate the simmering anger of Iraqis with the United States as the country continues to endure violence, sectarian tensions and crime three years after Saddam Hussein's ouster."Stuff happens" "It speaks of America's total indifference to what the rest of the world thinks."
Muhsin said he signed the painting in the middle, instead of the customary bottom corner, to avoid having it under Rumsfeld's boots.

"The Americans brought us rosy dreams but left us with nightmares. They came with a broad smile but gave us beheaded bodies and booby-trapped cars."
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Typical hubris. Ignorance is no excuse. Remember Rome? It was an empire, too.