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Should we bomb Agrabah?

Tumah

Veteran Member
Just from looking at the title I was going to say, first we should identify where Agraba is, because I never heard of it before. Then I opened the thread and saw it was the name of a fictional country.
 

Nietzsche

The Last Prussian
Premium Member
Not being an Aladdin fan (I have not seen the movie), I've never heard of Agrabah, but even I know that is not the name of a real country. Then again, no one ever accused Americans of being especially good at geography.
Just from looking at the title I was going to say, first we should identify where Agraba is, because I never heard of it before. Then I opened the thread and saw it was the name of a fictional country.
Know what's hilarious about Agrabah?

Aladdin is a mixture of several tales from 1001 Nights(or just Arabian Nights), and in it Agrabah is located somewhere on the Jordan River. However, Arabian Nights? It doesn't take place in the Middle East. It's actually set in a Muslim portion of China, while the Sultan's Palace in the film is clearly inspired by the Taj Mahal...and yet most of the other architecture in the film is distinctly Persian.
 

Brickjectivity

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
I don't know if I should be more amused -- or worried.

30% of Republicans support bombing a fictional country. So do 19% of Democrats.
Green and Libertarian party positions unclear...
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/18/its...so_said_theyd_bomb_fake_country_from_aladdin/
Its a poorly designed questionnaire intended to deceive, obviously. Salon prints an entire article about a stinking Twitter quip? I can't even find a link to the supposed 'Questionnaire' and who is the company that supposely ran the polling? Its some place run out of my own state of NC. Welcome to NC, folks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling
 

Tumah

Veteran Member
Know what's hilarious about Agrabah?

Aladdin is a mixture of several tales from 1001 Nights(or just Arabian Nights), and in it Agrabah is located somewhere on the Jordan River. However, Arabian Nights? It doesn't take place in the Middle East. It's actually set in a Muslim portion of China, while the Sultan's Palace in the film is clearly inspired by the Taj Mahal...and yet most of the other architecture in the film is distinctly Persian.
So you've basically narrowed down its location to Asia.
 

Papoon

Active Member
What does that have to do with people supporting bombing places they know nothing about though?
Because it is about the bizarre fictions created to justify bombing and controlling Middle East countries. Did you know that in the first place the Taliban formed in Afghanistan to prevent the country being used to grow opium ? Now, under the observation and support of the US, Afghanistan's rural folk are helping flood the west with heroin.
So it seems even more reasonable to bomb them, invade them, whatetever.
This has been US policy BTW - to 'garner grass roots support' by 'providing income for the poor farmers'.
So what I am saying is that US citizens are now so brainwashed and confused about the 'threat from crazy Arabs' that they will condone bombing of imaginary places, and assume that the heroin trade is an Arab plot, when in fact it is overseen and encouraged by the US.
 

Papoon

Active Member
*slowly backs out of the room*
None of this is 'conspiracy theory'. It is conspiracy fact. Conspiracy history. I will do some research and give you the references. Unfortunately I don't assiduously keep notes like Noam Chomsky does, or I could show you sources where CIA men verify what I have just posted.
The history is that heroin production began during the USSR invasion which preceded the US invasion. This caused the emergence of the Taliban, whose original goal was to stop opium growing. The Taliban were demonized and opposed by the Mujahedeen, led by Osama Bin Laden, who was cooperating with the CIA.
Truth. Stranger than bombing Agrabah.
 

Draka

Wonder Woman
Bwawk
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Papoon

Active Member
Agrabah is also where all the 'unknown unknowns' are lurking. These 'unknown unknowns' were one of the hidden dangers brought to our attention by the esteemed US hero and super-patriot Donald Rumsfeld. May he soon rest in peace, LOL.
 

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
A sobbering tale about how casually people decide to destroy other people without even knowing if they have an excuse to speak of.

Not much of a surprise, alas.
 
These 'unknown unknowns' were one of the hidden dangers brought to our attention by the esteemed US hero and super-patriot Donald Rumsfeld.

Much as I dislike Rumsfeld, his 'unknown unknowns' speech was just about the only sensible thing he ever said (although slightly clumsily expressed).

Never understood why it got so much derision, other than lots of people didn't understand the point he was making. That's really their failing though rather than his.
 
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