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In 1989,my 6th grade social studies class (in the US) used a textbook that said Saddam Hussein was a valuable ally of the US, generally a great person, and had

In 1989,my 6th grade social studies class (in the US) used a textbook that said Saddam Hussein was a valuable ally of the US, generally a great person, and had raised literacy rates in Iraq.

enjeyw 6y ago
False. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
- IncRnd 6y ago
  Iraq is not a part of East Asia - Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, and the Koreas.
  - remarkEon 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Fou...
    - IncRnd 6y ago
      East Asia is pretty much the same as Eastasia (same countries between the the real and the book).
      - vijayr02 6y ago
        From the Wikipedia page: > At any moment, however, an alliance could shift and the two states that had previously been at war with each other may suddenly ally against the other. When this happened, the past immediately had to be re-written—newspapers retyped, new photos glued over old—to provide continuity. In many cases that which contradicted the state was simply destroyed. How many Americans remember today that Iraq used to be an ally? Edit: BTW the line about Eastasia is a direct quote from 1984 - it's not implying that Iraq is in East Asia
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fakedang 6y ago
Honestly I find it whack that the US education system feels its okay to teach 6th graders geopolitical nuance. As for that little tidbit, it's like how the British education system focuses on how they built railways in India when teaching colonialism, while willfully ignoring the likes of Cecil Rhodes and General Dyer.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  Brit here, with a few years behind him, and I've never heard of general dryer, so thanks for the pointer :( "He has been called "the Butcher of Amritsar",[1] because of his order to fire on a peaceful crowd. The official report stated that this resulted in the killing of at least 379 people and the injuring of over a thousand more.[2] Some submissions to the official inquiry suggested a higher number of deaths.[3]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Harry_Dyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Harry_Dyer It's long after I left school that I found out how the british government treated the welsh and the irish. Never got mentioned in school. All I want is the truth because you can't learn from dishonesty.

In 1989,my 6th grade social studies class (in the US) used a textbook that said Saddam Hussein was a valuable ally of the US, generally a great person, and had raised literacy rates in Iraq.

enjeyw 6y ago

False. We have always been at war with Eastasia.

IncRnd 6y ago
Iraq is not a part of East Asia - Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, and the Koreas.
- remarkEon 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Fou...
  - IncRnd 6y ago
    East Asia is pretty much the same as Eastasia (same countries between the the real and the book).
    - vijayr02 6y ago
      From the Wikipedia page: > At any moment, however, an alliance could shift and the two states that had previously been at war with each other may suddenly ally against the other. When this happened, the past immediately had to be re-written—newspapers retyped, new photos glued over old—to provide continuity. In many cases that which contradicted the state was simply destroyed. How many Americans remember today that Iraq used to be an ally? Edit: BTW the line about Eastasia is a direct quote from 1984 - it's not implying that Iraq is in East Asia
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fakedang 6y ago

Honestly I find it whack that the US education system feels its okay to teach 6th graders geopolitical nuance. As for that little tidbit, it's like how the British education system focuses on how they built railways in India when teaching colonialism, while willfully ignoring the likes of Cecil Rhodes and General Dyer.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Brit here, with a few years behind him, and I've never heard of general dryer, so thanks for the pointer :( "He has been called "the Butcher of Amritsar",[1] because of his order to fire on a peaceful crowd. The official report stated that this resulted in the killing of at least 379 people and the injuring of over a thousand more.[2] Some submissions to the official inquiry suggested a higher number of deaths.[3]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Harry_Dyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Harry_Dyer It's long after I left school that I found out how the british government treated the welsh and the irish. Never got mentioned in school. All I want is the truth because you can't learn from dishonesty.