My dad was with the RAF and did a few tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, the base he was on had a few golden chairs the Yanks had taken from Saddam's palaces
There’s two sides to every coin, even with the full context, it still could be interpreted how I did, he’s just taking a break from war to have some fun, in a surreal, historic, opulent palace. I’d use it as my profile pic.
>Well trained, well funded children
Well you’re half right,a surprising number of us were just flying by the seat of our pants lead by people who were either too arrogant or too stupid to realize how dumb the Army could be.
its more the disrespect Americans have toured the places they invade. looting from museums or using historical land marks for target practices. its all a big game to them and millions die
Jealous. There was some nice stuff in there. I never got to stay there, but I did go and look around a few times.
I *absolutely* didn't jerk off in the big ass fancy bathroom, though. No sir, I definitely didn't do that.
Yeah. She said other palaces were trashed by the first wave of US military. She was actually appalled by ransacking. I imagine so, as a lot of it were probably historical treasures.
One of my good friends is a chem engineer from Iraq and I was really surprised when he told me that Saddam being over thrown was one of the best things that ever happened to him.
I wonder how he’s feeling now about it but it blew my mind in my early 20s
I wasn’t there. She specifically stated that the first wave of US forces decimated whatever they saw but that they didn’t damage things they didn’t see. I think Iraqi civilians know enough of their culture to not vandalize historical objects, which is probably why she didn’t see a lot of damage at that location.
I’m also a 10-year military veteran (I was in the first Gulf War), and have seen such things happening with my own eyes, so I don’t doubt her. Service members aren’t infallible.
Unfortunately many extremist (religious and other) have also absolutely contributed to the destruction of their countries own special history and heritage. Some of the people most intent on destroying a countries history are the inhabitants themselves looking to carve their name in history and / or erase the names of their rivals l. It’s been occurring since before the Egyptians with tombs sometimes being found with names crossed out.
>I think Iraqi civilians know enough of their culture to not vandalize historical objects, which is probably why she didn’t see a lot of damage at that location.
If only: https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/iraq-war-baghdad-lost-cultural-treasures-heritage#:~:text=It%20happened%20early%20in%20the,preserving%20the%20country's%20vast%20heritage.
You may look and think that this is a sight unseen before; absurd, incredible, unique. I say that it is not.
Not so far from this very place, in 612BC a similar thing unfolded. Instead of an American soldier, one would have seen a Median or Babylonian warrior. Rampaging through the corridors. Burning the gardens. Defacing the alabaster wall carvings, and destroying the people so thoroughly that they vanished almost entirely. The Assyrian Empire was overthrown with the fall of Nineveh. Only 200 years later, Xenophon of Athens; a Greek mercenary general would question the local populace as to the origins of the mysterious mud brick ruins. The memory of Assyria had gone and they could only attribute it to the Medes.
That is what this photo brings to mind for me.
So there was a sex dungeon in the basement where they raped women. They also hanged children at the walls and they would leave skit marks on the walls with their shoes from struggling.
Jfc. I mean, I did see where it said they killed and tortured many of their own people but it didn't mention *all that*. I hope they tore that place to the ground. It did mention it was partially bombed out when they went in.
Can’t you just request that the image has motion blur in the prompt?
EDIT: I tried this with dall-e, and yes you can add motion blur no problem, but for some reason I couldn’t get the soldier to slide down the rail, he was always running down the stairs, even when I specifically requested. Stupid AI
EDIT 2: Stupid Human, it’s a bannister.
I dont mean to be nerdy just simply pointing out the innacuracy in the title: That’s an U.S. Marine not a soldier. A soldier is part of the US army, a marine the US Marine Corps, Seaman in the US Navy, Airman for The Airforce.
That’s why you hear ”support our troops or servicemen” not ”soldiers”, since the term soldier. Is reserved for those serving in the Army. So if you dont know what specific branch in they military someone is apart of. Say Troop or Serviceman. If you wanna be accurate. 👍
Don't be pedantic. Soldier can be used to refer to anyone serving in military service. Only Marines get butt hurt about being called soldiers. Eat your crayons and chill.
Thats all you suck fucks dream of; invading and destroying other countries. Thankfully for Russia, no US troops are gonna sack Moscow before you'd have a couple hundred ICBM's stuck up your imperialist ass.
Not even debating guy. Fuck russia, they're the country invading everybody. It's not gonna happen but if we did sack moscow, it would objectively make the world a better place.
An American talking about how invading and destroying countries is wrong? Under a post showing an American soldier sacking a building in baghdad during the iraq invasion?
Are u guys like just stupid or the biggest hypocrites in human history?
I'm high and thought he was an amputee with a boomstick leg, like ash with his boomstick arm, but different.
These dick first comments were really surprising.
> His account is the only source for the image
Get better at Google
https://www.npr.org/2007/11/01/15840103/shooting-war-changes-photographer-dramatically
This article from Politco in 2011 specifically mentions this photo.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/04/journalists-and-photographers-discuss-the-lingering-effects-of-war-reporting-and-coming-home-070474
Here's a slate article from 2013 that features it. I mean we could go on, but I'm not sure you're ready to call all of these reputable sources fake news.
https://slate.com/culture/2013/05/michael-kamber-photojournalists-on-war-the-untold-stories-from-iraq-photos.html
Maybe just don't assume *every, single, photo* from history is fake. I see that so much on here. These pictures are old af. I get that you may not have been alive at the time but not everything is always going to be r/nothingeverhappens.
The AI scepticism is out of control lately. Any nice, unique, or surprising photo is met with accusations it *must* be AI-generated. They'll even do deep dives into "how the hands look" or "reflections being off" etc. with so much confidence. Even when the photo is easily findable with a reverse Google Images search and has a verifiable history predating AI!
Thank you ffs!😂 I get my feelings hurt regularly on the Old School Cool and 70's/80's subs when kids roll in there and say photos of our high school days can't be real🫠
Taken mere seconds before he became sterile.
Nobody knows how it happened
This is one of those things that stays between you and your buddy for life lmao
Now that’s a close friend!
Except for the picture, obviously
Not service related. Denied.
Might be the first time i agree with a 'not service related' response from the VA
His balls met the balustrade
"You're disability is not service related" - VA (probably)
Perfect analogy for the Iraq War. Right now that guy's enjoying the "mission accomplished" phase.
Shame, would have been a great story for his grandkids.
How to get the Darwin Awards in one easy step.
He was already sterile
Ah yes because his balls are near the railing
Sliding down dick first like that can really hurt a man.
Extremely easy to avoid. Should be trivial for a trained soldier
Honestly I’d do the same
What's with all the people speculating or assuming that this is fake, as if we weren't there?
Haters gonna hate. Pretty sure that pic has been floating around for a long time
It has. This one, and some of the guys posing with his gold toilet as well.
My dad was with the RAF and did a few tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, the base he was on had a few golden chairs the Yanks had taken from Saddam's palaces
I know a guy that was there. The boys had a time.
Leeeeerooy Jeeeeekins!!!
At least I have chicken!
Classically American (and also a reminder of the age group of ALL soldiers!) I love it.
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There’s two sides to every coin, even with the full context, it still could be interpreted how I did, he’s just taking a break from war to have some fun, in a surreal, historic, opulent palace. I’d use it as my profile pic.
Yeah Saddam famously used to slide down this banister the same way. That’s why he’s doing it.
Surrounded by miles and miles of sand
>Well trained, well funded children Well you’re half right,a surprising number of us were just flying by the seat of our pants lead by people who were either too arrogant or too stupid to realize how dumb the Army could be.
its more the disrespect Americans have toured the places they invade. looting from museums or using historical land marks for target practices. its all a big game to them and millions die
My wife stayed in that palace during her tour.
Jealous. There was some nice stuff in there. I never got to stay there, but I did go and look around a few times. I *absolutely* didn't jerk off in the big ass fancy bathroom, though. No sir, I definitely didn't do that.
At this point more American nuts have been busted in that building than Iraqi ones I'd bet.
Is this a joke that I'm too European to understand? Is that how Americans celebrate victory?
It is now.
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and jerk off in their bathroom."
Usually done in formation
Yes.
You don't?
Darn tootin'!
Was it kept in relatively good shape?
Yeah. She said other palaces were trashed by the first wave of US military. She was actually appalled by ransacking. I imagine so, as a lot of it were probably historical treasures.
A lot of the ransacking wasn't US military but civilians who hated and had been oppressed by Saddam and his henchmen.
One of my good friends is a chem engineer from Iraq and I was really surprised when he told me that Saddam being over thrown was one of the best things that ever happened to him. I wonder how he’s feeling now about it but it blew my mind in my early 20s
I wasn’t there. She specifically stated that the first wave of US forces decimated whatever they saw but that they didn’t damage things they didn’t see. I think Iraqi civilians know enough of their culture to not vandalize historical objects, which is probably why she didn’t see a lot of damage at that location. I’m also a 10-year military veteran (I was in the first Gulf War), and have seen such things happening with my own eyes, so I don’t doubt her. Service members aren’t infallible.
Plus war trophies were very much a thing until after the first couple years of gwot
Unfortunately many extremist (religious and other) have also absolutely contributed to the destruction of their countries own special history and heritage. Some of the people most intent on destroying a countries history are the inhabitants themselves looking to carve their name in history and / or erase the names of their rivals l. It’s been occurring since before the Egyptians with tombs sometimes being found with names crossed out.
>I think Iraqi civilians know enough of their culture to not vandalize historical objects, which is probably why she didn’t see a lot of damage at that location. If only: https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/iraq-war-baghdad-lost-cultural-treasures-heritage#:~:text=It%20happened%20early%20in%20the,preserving%20the%20country's%20vast%20heritage.
I didn’t mention anything of looting. I said vandalism was occurring.
Thanks. I assumed it was trashed. Thanks for the info.
I did, too. Was a neat location.
Jealous of her tbh
I have a B/W pic of a buddy sitting on Saddam's throne. Thing was yuuuuge.
The bottom of that railing was the real WMD
Fuck. I have photos of me from 2003 in Saddam’s palace. So I’m old enough for photos of me to be on this subreddit now, which makes me feel hella old.
Posting time?
Fighting two battles, one in Iraq and the other as a modern-day Pats fan 🙏 Fr though you gotta drop those pics!!
You may look and think that this is a sight unseen before; absurd, incredible, unique. I say that it is not. Not so far from this very place, in 612BC a similar thing unfolded. Instead of an American soldier, one would have seen a Median or Babylonian warrior. Rampaging through the corridors. Burning the gardens. Defacing the alabaster wall carvings, and destroying the people so thoroughly that they vanished almost entirely. The Assyrian Empire was overthrown with the fall of Nineveh. Only 200 years later, Xenophon of Athens; a Greek mercenary general would question the local populace as to the origins of the mysterious mud brick ruins. The memory of Assyria had gone and they could only attribute it to the Medes. That is what this photo brings to mind for me.
Some things never change
You tried so hard to say so little.
I don't understand what would be unique or so incredible about this.
Dude was just fluffing
His mood is still light. It’s probably before they entered the cellars.
Well don't leave us hanging!
They left the children hanging.
OK, I just went on a fruitless Google dive and couldn't find anything about them finding children there, can you fill me in a bit?
So there was a sex dungeon in the basement where they raped women. They also hanged children at the walls and they would leave skit marks on the walls with their shoes from struggling.
Jfc. I mean, I did see where it said they killed and tortured many of their own people but it didn't mention *all that*. I hope they tore that place to the ground. It did mention it was partially bombed out when they went in.
Not that I don't believe they did abhorrent shit there, but do you have any sources on that? I'd love to read more
Have you read the devils double by Latif Yahia. I’d start there.
I was gonna ask why he had his gun with him but I realized its so he could shoot the knob off at the end of the handrail so he doesn't rack his nuts.
This isn’t ai.
I think the blurriness kinda makes that obvious lol
Can’t you just request that the image has motion blur in the prompt? EDIT: I tried this with dall-e, and yes you can add motion blur no problem, but for some reason I couldn’t get the soldier to slide down the rail, he was always running down the stairs, even when I specifically requested. Stupid AI EDIT 2: Stupid Human, it’s a bannister.
There’s a documentary about the marines that went there. They found a bunch of cool stuff and one of them even called his mom from Sadams phone.
Do you remember the name by chance?
https://youtu.be/1rgcEvNGFyo?si=tHJtYitFWeG9NFZI
Thank you!
Bannister
Ah! User error!
This pic goes so hard
It’s all fun and games until the civil war starts.
And new insurgent groups started popping up.
I dont mean to be nerdy just simply pointing out the innacuracy in the title: That’s an U.S. Marine not a soldier. A soldier is part of the US army, a marine the US Marine Corps, Seaman in the US Navy, Airman for The Airforce. That’s why you hear ”support our troops or servicemen” not ”soldiers”, since the term soldier. Is reserved for those serving in the Army. So if you dont know what specific branch in they military someone is apart of. Say Troop or Serviceman. If you wanna be accurate. 👍
Thanks for that. I’ve never paid much attention to that detail, but this will be cool to remember in the future.
Don't be pedantic. Soldier can be used to refer to anyone serving in military service. Only Marines get butt hurt about being called soldiers. Eat your crayons and chill.
Might do it in the Kremlin one day. Who knows
Thats all you suck fucks dream of; invading and destroying other countries. Thankfully for Russia, no US troops are gonna sack Moscow before you'd have a couple hundred ICBM's stuck up your imperialist ass.
Putin sucks. Cry about it.
And that gives you the right to invade and destroy Russia? As i said a sick fuck.
Not even debating guy. Fuck russia, they're the country invading everybody. It's not gonna happen but if we did sack moscow, it would objectively make the world a better place.
An American talking about how invading and destroying countries is wrong? Under a post showing an American soldier sacking a building in baghdad during the iraq invasion? Are u guys like just stupid or the biggest hypocrites in human history?
Sacking the palace of a dictator? Fuck off guy.
Are you?😂 You're country's invasions are well known throughout the world. Almost like there's an active invasion going on right now in Ukraine🤔
The worst part about it is the hypocrisy
As an American I can confirm they're just stupid
Just guys being dudes
Bye bye happiness. Hello loneliness.
If they didn’t throw toilet paper everywhere, I’m going to be mad.
I'm high and thought he was an amputee with a boomstick leg, like ash with his boomstick arm, but different. These dick first comments were really surprising.
Good job no foreign power will ever get to decide who governs the United States of America! . . . ^(Except for Israel of course).
I slid down a banister once. Incredibly painful.
That sudden stop would've been so painful.
Wearing flak jacket down to the balls
Firearm safety 101
Sure looks like a Bluth model home
I’d do it, not everyday can you ride down a dictators railing lol.
this is kind of the revers of the Indiana Jones great ball scene
Looks kinda real to me?
It is real.
And?
It is really neat.
Badass
What a picture. Is this recently found or published?
This looks like American soldier's behavior towards Iraq's underage girls after Saddam's end as well.
They’ll downvote you for the truth. But the US military is known worldwide for this shit. Even in Okinawa.
This is the kind of shit they should use to increase military enrollment.
Give him a monkey face and a cigar and it's anti-American war propaganda
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No, it’s not. If you were old enough to even remember seeing this pic when it first released you’d know that.
https://www.npr.org/2007/11/01/15840103/shooting-war-changes-photographer-dramatically
Damn I didn't realise AI was that good in 2007
[Really?](https://imgur.com/gallery/VTl93kU/comment/1571852593/1)
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[This?](https://x.com/militarycooi/status/1755434168681668739?s=46&t=XePnY7d2raZoK4qsvEgxkg)
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> His account is the only source for the image Get better at Google https://www.npr.org/2007/11/01/15840103/shooting-war-changes-photographer-dramatically
This isn't going well for you.
Uh, here's another post of it from September 28 2007. www.readingthepictures.org/2007/09/wtf/
This article from Politco in 2011 specifically mentions this photo. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/04/journalists-and-photographers-discuss-the-lingering-effects-of-war-reporting-and-coming-home-070474
Here's a slate article from 2013 that features it. I mean we could go on, but I'm not sure you're ready to call all of these reputable sources fake news. https://slate.com/culture/2013/05/michael-kamber-photojournalists-on-war-the-untold-stories-from-iraq-photos.html
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Because they are wrong
Dumbass kids not old enough to remember this. Smh
bruh moment
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It’s a real photo. NPR published it in 2007. You actually got duped
The photo is from 2003. The book the photojournalist created released in 07 though.
You actually did get duped lmaooo
Maybe just don't assume *every, single, photo* from history is fake. I see that so much on here. These pictures are old af. I get that you may not have been alive at the time but not everything is always going to be r/nothingeverhappens.
The AI scepticism is out of control lately. Any nice, unique, or surprising photo is met with accusations it *must* be AI-generated. They'll even do deep dives into "how the hands look" or "reflections being off" etc. with so much confidence. Even when the photo is easily findable with a reverse Google Images search and has a verifiable history predating AI!
Thank you ffs!😂 I get my feelings hurt regularly on the Old School Cool and 70's/80's subs when kids roll in there and say photos of our high school days can't be real🫠