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<p>来自美国大兵的博客,二七大师收集整理.</p><p><a href="http://www.justanothersoldier.com/"></a>&nbsp;</p><p><br/><strong>"Magical Arch"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>Northbound on Iraq highway 1 on our way to Tikrit we came upon this magical arch that will stargate you to ancient Sumeria where you can witness the beginning of human civilization, a regional accomplishment the people of Iraq are very proud of. So proud in fact that they haven't really done anything since then other than rest on their laurels. People of Iraq, it's time to get a new schtick. We're all very impressed by Hamurabbi and algebra and everything, but it's time to do the next insanely great thing. A cure for cancer or usable cold fusion would be cool, but I'd settle for a fatwa denouncing jihadi's beheading my countrymen and detonating car bombs. Or maybe the secret to those tires that are supposed to never wear out. And by the way, I don't think the arch was working right. When we drove through it, I didn't see any cradle of civilization, just a bunch of absurdly poor people juxtaposed by ridiculous despotic wealth.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>"Saddam, seated, deposed, defaced"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>You know you're getting closer to Saddam country when you start seeing these sort of things. Frankly I'm surprised it's still standing at all.<br/></p><p></p><p><strong>"Street Signs"</strong>, <i>artist's whereabouts unknown, courtesy of Saddam's prison system where when atrocities were carried out by peer-pressured young scared guards there shrewdly were no digital cameras. Unless there was an infidel to be beheaded, then they'd roll tape because they knew no one would care about that.</i><br/><br/>Nearly to Tikrit now.<br/><br/></p><p></p><p><br/></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>"Welcome to Tikrit, Redux"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>This piece depicts flowers that I am yet to see in Iraq. The red and green eight-point stars are a very common design element in Iraq. I have no idea what they symbolize, if anything. Maybe Iraqis just like eight-point stars. But the culture here is all about symbols, so they probably mean something. However, I don't think the yellow concrete pylons actually symbolize anything. But I did read once that there were some people in San Francisco who worshipped a yellow concrete pylon in a public park. I don't think there are many yellow concrete pylon-worshipping San Franciscans in Iraq. So I guess they probably don't symbolize anything.</p><p><br/>&nbsp;</p><br/><strong>Stop Here or You Will Be Shot"</strong>, <i>some soldier</i><br/><br/>I think my favorite thing about the military is the philosophy of succinct, concise communication. I especially like how this sign looks as though it were made by cutting the words out of a magazine like some psycho ransom note. "STOP heRE or yOU wiLL be sHOt! Ptht! Ack!"<br/>
<p>来自美国大兵的博客,二七大师收集整理.</p><p><a href="http://www.justanothersoldier.com/"></a>&nbsp;</p><p><br/><strong>"Magical Arch"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>Northbound on Iraq highway 1 on our way to Tikrit we came upon this magical arch that will stargate you to ancient Sumeria where you can witness the beginning of human civilization, a regional accomplishment the people of Iraq are very proud of. So proud in fact that they haven't really done anything since then other than rest on their laurels. People of Iraq, it's time to get a new schtick. We're all very impressed by Hamurabbi and algebra and everything, but it's time to do the next insanely great thing. A cure for cancer or usable cold fusion would be cool, but I'd settle for a fatwa denouncing jihadi's beheading my countrymen and detonating car bombs. Or maybe the secret to those tires that are supposed to never wear out. And by the way, I don't think the arch was working right. When we drove through it, I didn't see any cradle of civilization, just a bunch of absurdly poor people juxtaposed by ridiculous despotic wealth.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>"Saddam, seated, deposed, defaced"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>You know you're getting closer to Saddam country when you start seeing these sort of things. Frankly I'm surprised it's still standing at all.<br/></p><p></p><p><strong>"Street Signs"</strong>, <i>artist's whereabouts unknown, courtesy of Saddam's prison system where when atrocities were carried out by peer-pressured young scared guards there shrewdly were no digital cameras. Unless there was an infidel to be beheaded, then they'd roll tape because they knew no one would care about that.</i><br/><br/>Nearly to Tikrit now.<br/><br/></p><p></p><p><br/></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>"Welcome to Tikrit, Redux"</strong>, <i>artist unknown</i><br/><br/>This piece depicts flowers that I am yet to see in Iraq. The red and green eight-point stars are a very common design element in Iraq. I have no idea what they symbolize, if anything. Maybe Iraqis just like eight-point stars. But the culture here is all about symbols, so they probably mean something. However, I don't think the yellow concrete pylons actually symbolize anything. But I did read once that there were some people in San Francisco who worshipped a yellow concrete pylon in a public park. I don't think there are many yellow concrete pylon-worshipping San Franciscans in Iraq. So I guess they probably don't symbolize anything.</p><p><br/>&nbsp;</p><br/><strong>Stop Here or You Will Be Shot"</strong>, <i>some soldier</i><br/><br/>I think my favorite thing about the military is the philosophy of succinct, concise communication. I especially like how this sign looks as though it were made by cutting the words out of a magazine like some psycho ransom note. "STOP heRE or yOU wiLL be sHOt! Ptht! Ack!"<br/>
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