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Scott Pelley On The Plight Of Iraqis Who Helped The U.S.
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- Hello,
I'm a researcher who worked on this story. I want to thank everyone who wrote in expressing support for the Iraqis who have aided our troops.
I met many Iraqi translators, drivers, and houskeepers. Their families are often the targets of retaliation, and because of their work, they have lost brothers, sisters, and parents. Many have lost arms and legs in the IED attacks against the US troops.
For anyone who is interested in making an immediate difference in the lives of these Iraqis and other refugees, write to your senators and representatives immidiately.
In the next two weeks, congress will decide how much money to spend on Iraqi refugees. It will be part of the supplemental budget request.
Tell your senators and representatives that 3.7 million Iraqis have been displaced inside and outside of their country. This is the largest refugee crisis in the middle east since 1948. Tell your congressmen you support Refugees International and other aid organizations in their request for 390 million dollars to help Iraqi refugees.
It's just a first step, but it will help. - Reply to this comment
- They may have saved some lives, but why? so they could get asylum in the USA and be here to committ their jihad right on our own soil? Just as many of them that "helped" us have hurt us by pretending to be police only to find out they are suicide bombers with death and destruction the only thing on their mind. Keep them in Iraq. We are over there in a war we have no reason to be fighting, and now you want to give them asylum in my Country? No way, they don't belong here. The leaders of the USA are making a huge mistake if you give these people asylum.
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- What a bunch of hipocrates, the Dems are doing everyhthing in there power to retreat and lose, almost everyone here at leftwing central carps about getting out of Iraq, but it's all Bush's fault if people in Iraq in the course of the democratic retreat are being killed. There is no lengths the left will go in the name of there cowardly self righteous politics.
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- Appeal for Redress
Sign this Appeal.
This site is an Appeal For Redress in support of our mission in Iraq.
An Appeal For Redress is an authorized means for active duty military to submit a grievance to Congress. It can be signed by Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard military personnel.
It is authorized by DoD Directive 1325.6 and DoD Directive 7050.6.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is:
As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack.
If you are active duty, reservist or national guard, please Sign this Appeal.
Most service members fully support the war in Iraq and feel calls to retreat by Congress and attacks by our media on our conduct and mission act to motivate our enemy while demoralizing our support at home, directly increasing the threat we face and resulting in greater American casualties. This Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to Congress to fully support us and actively oppose media attacks on our mission and our morale.
This Appeal will be delivered to members of Congress.
http://www.appealforcourage.org/ - Reply to this comment
- The more I hear about what this administration is subscribing to, the more disgusted I am to admit that I am an American. This President has put the repuation of this country, in the eyes of the rest of the world, in the toilet. How much is the American public willing to take before we take a stand?
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- Hey lars008,
Have you enlisted in the army yet? What about the marines? The air force? The navy?
What are you? Scared?
Never mind, you can always join the girl scouts, you sissy. - Reply to this comment
- what? they don't want to stay and fight and die for their country? put them out of their misery.... they expect americans to do it for them..... to hell with them.... stand and fight coward....
Patrick Henry
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 - Reply to this comment
- THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID! WE KNOW THAT
IF CONGRESS DOES NOT PASS THE IRAQ WAR SUPPLIMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST THE IRAQ WAR STOPS!
CONGRESS DO NOT PASS THE WAR SUPPLIMENTAL BUDGET!
CONGRESS FIDDLES WHILE IRAQ BURNS!
Write your Representatives and Senators! HERE ARE THE SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 08!
SHOW THEM YOUR DISDAIN OF THEIR COWARDOUS ACTIONS WHILE OUR TROOPS ARE BEING KILLED! http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)
If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
The House Speakers email address: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov - Reply to this comment
- To the servicemen who have contributed to the comments - come home safely!
Your concern about those iraqis who have assisted us is well founded and shared. We ask ourselves if our government will its concern as well and offer some form of protection for them.
This article forces me to think about the thousands of vietnamese we left behind - and who faced years of hardship and death under harsh north vietnamese communists.
One fellow I know did 16 years "re-education", moving from one mobile jungle prison to the next with only a hand ax and a hoe - the ax to build his shelter and the hoe to plant his rice. He was lucky and survived - 80% didn't.
If America does the same to these Iraqis, we cannot feel proud. - Reply to this comment
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bar
bary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_qur
an.htm
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2
007/691/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/re
view/2002_winter_spring/terrorism.htm
Posted by lars008 at 01:37 AM : Mar 12, 2007
This guy is a fraud, he copys and paste's this *** on every comment blog. He is incapable of original thought and uses wikopedia and other disinformation sites to spread his ignorance and hate. Lars, heres a quarter, buy a life! - Reply to this comment
- The men I work with are over here placing themselves in harms way and the translators are right there with us.
We must do wht is right. We have got to protect them. There is no excuse not to. Surely it is not a monitary issue, and providing them with security from insurgents can be done without putting national security at risk.
SSG Randal Oakman
Camp Victory
Posted by RD9231 at 02:25 AM : Mar 12, 2007
Thank you for your service! Vietnam vet myself. The sad truth is that it is a monetary issue, but more then that. George W Bush does not want the number of immigrants that would be coming over if we helped all of the Iraqi's who help us. He understands and trusts (to some degree anyway) Mexicans since he had to after moving from Connecticut to Texas, but he still has some racial (though more likely religious, since Mexicans are at least christian) animosity toward Muslims. Also as an added note, please understand that most of us opposed to the war do still support the troops. I know there are some who would have you believe that that's not possible, but as a vet myself I mostly support you in the sense that I want to see you come home to your family and not die needlessly in a war for profit. That is NOT supporting our troops. Stay strong and come home in one piece bro. That's the ultimate mission. - Reply to this comment
- I have just finished watching "Left Behind" and want to add my 2-cents worth. I am Staff Sargeant in the Illinois National Guard and am currently deployed in Iraq, where I am asigned to a Theater Internment Facility. We work with Iraqi translators every day. Not only do they make our job easier, but in some instances they help us avoid situations that can become very dangerous very quickly. This saves a lot of American soldiers lives.
Every year our government allows thousands of illegal aliens cross our souther border and remain to nurse on our welfare system. These people take and give back little if anything to the government. The translators I work with risk their lives daily to help us over here. The very least we can do is provide them protection. The men I work with are over here placing themselves in harms way and the translators are right there with us.
We must do wht is right. We have got to protect them. There is no excuse not to. Surely it is not a monitary issue, and providing them with security from insurgents can be done without putting national security at risk.
SSG Randal Oakman
Camp Victory - Reply to this comment
- Anyone else hear that click and then a gunshot? That was Jesus putting a bullet in his skull because he just couldn't stand to listen to one of lars (or singinslicks) psychotic prayers again. Poor bast*ard, I know how he feels. Whine, whine fu*cking whine! That's all these right wing Christians do! I mean it's either Jesus murder the Muslims or Oh god take us up to the rapture (which god has no idea of since the whole "rapture" was created in the mid1800's). Hell I'd get sick of their sh*it to if I was god. And then elected this moron Bush too! Talk about a why to pi*ss god off! Scheeeeeesch!!
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- there is no peace with fascist nazi islam....
dnc are like john adams and want to give their lunch money to fascist nazi islam hoping they will leave them alone...
gop are like thomas jefferson and want to use their lunch money to kick fascist nazi islam's arse......
Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam..... he killed plenty of them....
In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli's envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:
The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/691/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_winter_spring/terrorism.htm - Reply to this comment
- what? they don't want to stay and fight and die for their country? put them out of their misery....
Patrick Henry
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 - Reply to this comment
- These must be the terrible men that the GOP tries to scare us with. " If we leave Iraq, they will follow us home". If these people who help us have no place in USA, they can stay at my home until they get on their feet.
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- After invading Iraq as the ancient Barbarians in Europe, I feel "ashamed" as an American, for utilizing these Iraquis who assisted us there and now to see them going to neighboring countries where they can't even work... and now we don't allow them to come here as refugees? These are well educated people for the most part and would be an asset and positive contribution to our country--unlike what crosses the border now, whom many are illiterate or poorly educated in their own language and filling our jails. Enough is enough--just as the obituaries filled with American kids.....it's sickening to any person who has any level of decency.
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- This was so obviously a manipulation piece to make the American public feel guilty and mad at the goverment. Scott Pelley's views were one sided - there are many other solutions to this problem aside from bringing 100,000 Iraqi' here.
Posted by mayarice at 09:47 PM : Mar 11, 2007
LOL! This government of GW Bush's doesn't need any reports from Scott Pelley or anyone else to get the public mad at them. They're doing far to good of job of that themselves! - Reply to this comment
- Have no pity for such a little human. If he's been able to help our troops to get into Iraq, well he indeed is able to get ours out as well. Treason coould go both ways with such a little human.
What I regret most is our troops had to invade Iraq because it was an illegal action, use and abuse the life of such litte low humans, and not take responsibility of allowing this little human to asylum into USA. - Reply to this comment
- If we look back over our history we'll see that those immigrants who came to this country and worked to survive, thus becoming a true American, gained not only their neighbors respect but also a greater sense of self-respect for themselves. In today's times the social programs are too quick to hand immigrants everything they ask for simply because they don't speak the language. Wake up America - we can't continue to afford to support all the other nations! If these folks want to come to America and work to support themselves, then yes, let them come. But if we have to pay for them - let them stay. We can't afford the one's we're having to pay for now.
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