US general likens Iraq to "work of art" in progress

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02807899.htm

US general likens Iraq to "work of art" in progress

BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. general compared Iraq on Thursday to a "work of art" in progress, saying it was too soon to judge the outcome and playing down violence and friction with Iraqi leaders as "speed bumps" on the road.

"A lump of clay can become a sculpture, blobs of paint become paintings which inspire," Major General William Caldwell, chief military spokesman, told his weekly Baghdad news briefing.

"The final test of our efforts will not be the isolated incidents reported daily but the country that the Iraqis build."

Three-and-a-half years after the U.S.-led invasion, President George W. Bush is under intense pressure over his Iraq policy ahead of next week's Congressional elections where polls show he could lose control of both houses halfway through his second term in office.

[shain from kane]

1. Guernica. n/t

[3waygeek]

12. I was thinking of Goya

The Third of May, 1808


May the rope break!

[sugapablo]

26. It’s beautiful man—beautiful!

[gfnrob]

2. Work of art???

I've got a work of art in progress, too:hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hippie:

[saigon68]

6. More Blathering from the latest War Criminal

[TexasLawyer]

3. Kinda like this work of art?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(painting)


Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, inspired by Picasso's horror at the Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The air raid destroyed the city, killing an estimated 1,600 people and injuring many more.

[atomic-fly]

4. And they covered up the version hanging in the UN while beating war drum!

[ozymandius]

5. You totally nailed it.

Where is this delusional asshat's e-mail address? This work of art needs to clog his inbox.

[radfringe]

7. as an artist

I demand an apology. war is an act of destruction not a work of art.
I feel this insults all artists everywhere and I want an apology!

(yes I do produce some serious works in oils/acrylics/watercolors in addition to my Radical Fringe toons..)

[MrPrax]

8. Work of Art ?...

Perhaps like Goya?



or

[confludemocrat]

9. Yeah, we've Jackson Pollocked up the place using blood. Nice analogy n/t

[NashVegas]

17. Pollock's Paintings Have More Order, Less Chaos

He actually did know what he was doing. His imitators, well, that's another matter.

[teryang]

10. 600,000 plus isolated incidents (dead)

War as a creative process - Hitler believed that as well.

[olshak]

11. So pissing on a canvas is now art?

[Exiled in America]

13. In the style of Jackson Pollock? ;)

[Nihil]

15. I was thinking more of Tracy Emin ...

... as this General appears to have all the artistic talent
of an unmade bed ...

[Julius Civitatus]

23. ... or even a Botero

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,462350,00.jpg

http://www.revistadiners.com.co/noticia.php3?nt=24663

[Anakin Skywalker]

14. Oh Give Me a Break!

[0007]

16. The Ship of Fools speakth

[superconnected]

18. All I could think was it's a goya when I saw the headline

as ppl listed above.

[Quantess]

19. self delete. posted on wrong thread.

[alfredo]

20. Can't he tell the difference between art and porn?

[truthisfreedom]

21. Pollack painting with blood.

[Julius Civitatus]

22. Yeah... a JACKSON POLLOCK!

Unreal.

[jpak]

24. "The Scream"

n/t

[grilled onions]

25. How about a Picasso?

With all the uranium floating around there are bound to be babies born with less then normal faces and other body parts in odd proportion. Perhaps we need to give all of them watercolors and let them paint all day and leave the important decisions to those,let's say, more mature?