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Post by countrygal on May 20, 2008 13:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by kim on May 20, 2008 15:18:29 GMT -5
Yeah. They helped us, you'd think we should help them.
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Post by dgriffin on May 20, 2008 22:18:25 GMT -5
Why is it that I'm ashamed of our government when I hear something like this?  Because you have a heart and think logically. Wars are prosecuted by generals but run by politicians, so if something is not politically expedient, it won''t often happen. I would not agree with the story's opening statement that implies we did a great job with the Vietnamese. Remember the roof-top scene as the last helicopter lifted off the Saigon embassy building and Vietnamese clung to the aircraft's skids? But we did certainly welcome quite a few of them to the US later. No politician would propose large numbers of Iraquis come to the US today. The story did point out that most of the refugees have resettled in Syria, certainly not a safe place, but then not necessarily on the front lines of the insurgency in Iraq. But there is seldom any sense in war. Like you, I come away from this story bewildered. I can't say I'm ashamed, though, only disappointed and disillusioned. |
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Post by frankcor on May 20, 2008 22:27:48 GMT -5
I disagree with the premise "we owe them speedy resettlement in the US."
Rather, I believe we owe them a free nation where their own government can protect them.
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Post by countrygal on May 20, 2008 22:34:13 GMT -5
Yea, I guess I'm disappointed more than ashamed. And I'm not sure they all need to come to the US. Maybe though, we could find a safer location for them or offer them some sort of protection. I don't like the idea that these people helped us out and now we don't care if they could be killed for doing so. And ya know what....let's hope we don't go anywhere else (and you know we will) where we'll need help from the people whose county we're in. If they hear about this they'll tell us all to sh*t in our hats!!
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Post by jrcummings on May 25, 2008 4:19:45 GMT -5
I don't trust the Iraqi's. How do we know they're not playing for the other team? I've been to Iraq and they work for the U.S during the day, and Al Quaida at night. While I was in Iraq they constantly tried to bomb the fuel point, my question is how did they know where the fuel point was? IED's placed at the front gates of the camp, the only people allowed close to the 24 hr manned gates are Coalition forces and Iraqi workers. It's easy to be sympathetic to these people, but on that same token they have some of the same beliefs as the enemy. Don't bring these people into our country, that'll be the lead up to the next homeland attack.
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Post by dgriffin on May 25, 2008 16:56:26 GMT -5
It's hard for big-hearted, optimistic, helpful Americans to believe that we're often dealing with pure evil.
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