News From Baghdad

[Linkster]

I know some here have known about this blog for a few years - but now that she has finally left Baghdad to move to Syria as a refugee - I felt it was well worth a new link and a good read if youre interested in what is really happening in the Iraqis' eyes (without the censorship of an occupation military)
"And yet, as the situation continues to deteriorate both for Iraqis inside and outside of Iraq, and for Americans inside Iraq, Americans in America are still debating on the state of the war and occupation- are they winning or losing? Is it better or worse.

Let me clear it up for any moron with lingering doubts: It’s worse. It’s over. You lost. You lost the day your tanks rolled into Baghdad to the cheers of your imported, American-trained monkeys. You lost every single family whose home your soldiers violated. You lost every sane, red-blooded Iraqi when the Abu Ghraib pictures came out and verified your atrocities behind prison walls as well as the ones we see in our streets. You lost when you brought murderers, looters, gangsters and militia heads to power and hailed them as Iraq’s first democratic government. You lost when a gruesome execution was dubbed your biggest accomplishment. You lost the respect and reputation you once had. You lost more than 3000 troops. That is what you lost America. I hope the oil, at least, made it worthwhile."


http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

[Jennifer]

Wow, you actually found 1 Iraqi who doesn't like us there. Of course, he was probably a paid member of the Hussein government and lost his job and got ran out of his country by his neighbors, but hey, who cares! We can spin this into a propaganda coup!

Of course, I've been to Baghdad and I've been to Baghdad International Airport and I've been on patrol in Anwar and Anbar provinces, and I've been under threat of Iranian and Terrorist RPGs and IEDs. And I've seen actual Iraqis come up and thank us for giving them the freedom to vote how they want for the first time since Saddam was put in power and thank us for all the medical aid they are getting for free and thank us for turning the power on for the first time in a decade and a half.

But you'll gladely ignore all the hundreds of thousands of people telling those stories so you can listen, instead, to the one or two like the guy above.

[Linkster]

First off - its a woman - and second - its an example of real voices - not the cheap imitations that are coming back from propagandist soldiers like yourself - you cant help it - its been ingrained in you - I know how it happens having been in it for 12 years myself and can look back now and see it - you wont for a few decades but will come to realize it too