America's Greatest Failure, Falls Road

jerrydm1, on September 1, 2007, said:

I find things like this very offensive. America has pulled Europe out of two world wars and this is the thanks we get. Europe has turned out to be some of the biggest cowards on earth. If America doesn't get some support soon all of Europe will face Meca every afternoon.

MattBlom, on October 18, 2007, said:

Wow..Amazing art piece.

My $.02 Bigotry and Overgeneralizations is what got us into this mess...

I dislike hypocrisy and violence...and that's why I'm pretty squarely opposed to both the acts of Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush A terrorist is a terrorist..whether lobbing a bomb, or sitting in the whitehouse

Marcelo Parise Petaz…, on March 3, 2008, said:

Congratulations Asahel, Wonderfull shot!! This graffiti talks about the future! Tks.

fecrisaadet, on March 17, 2008, said:

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erinjoy777, on March 27, 2009, said:

right on jerrydm1. If America hadn't helped Ireland out of the wars, they would not have the freedom to post "art" such as this. Show some respect to a country to has helped more countries gain freedom and progress than any other. Yes, lives have been sacrificed, but many AMERICAN lives were sacrificed as well. Don't forget that.

DeargDoomUladh, on March 30, 2009, said:

I can't barely believe the staggering arrogance of the previous messages.

America has NEVER helped Ireland out of any war. During the First World War Ireland was still part of the British Empire, it was halfway through the war, rebels attempted to seize power in Dublin, with weapons purchased from Germany prior to the war. Their slogan was 'We serve neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland.' During the Second World War, Ireland took a neutral stance in relation to the war, in a clear signal to England of it's independence and unwillingness to tow the line. (That said, it DID co-operate much more freely with British and Americans shot down over Irish territory, sending them to the North of Ireland and back into the war, while interning Nazi POWS)

This painting is from the Nationalist side of Northern Ireland. The painting isn't anti-American, it opposes America's imperialist actions and motivations in going to war. In doing so America sent the same soldiers onto the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan that were on the streets of Northern Ireland in the 70s-90s. Now we are dealing with cases of prisoner abuse, collusion between troops and death squads, the murder of innocents by soldiers and allegations of spying on politicians. We're beginning to see the same issues arise now in the Middle East.

I presume your referring to the 9/11 attacks that led to the sacrifice of American lives? Or the soldiers dying daily far from home? 9/11 was committed in response to the stationing of US troops on Saudi soil. Your soldiers are dying daily because your occupying a foreign country. Perhaps a change in your countries foreign policy would make a change, rather than arrogance and a demand that other countries bow down and 'respect' you.

Incidently, Nationalists in Northern Ireland post 1945 didn't have the freedom to paint these sort of slogans. It was illegal to even raise the flag they considered their own (The Irish tri-colour) I didn't see America rushing to their freedom. It was upon the people themselves to take that freedom. The Civil Rights movement providing a moral argument to argue this and unfortunately the violence of the Republican movement to safeguard this freedom.

JJmMmJJ, on June 9, said:

DeargDoomUladh Thumps Up ... please teach them Some History, Americans are so closed-minded, they only remember when they r hurt, but they would never look at how they r harming others ...they believe they are the 911 of the world "no wonder why the world is going down".... would They ever learn from their mistakes?? they've already forgotten about their history with blacks and red Indians....then Vietnam,Hiroshima.... now Iraq and Afghanistan....God knows who is next.... still they think they r heroes..."THANK YOU AMERICA FOR SAVING THE WORLD" .. pity

∞ bulgartabak ∞, on June 17, said:

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