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- Congrats to the iraqis who took part in helping their own country. Yeah it is screwed up that the American government isn't doing a little bit more to help those, who helped the soldiers,that are there for them in the first place.As for iraqis fleeing their own country, don't you think that probably is a good idea anyway? How many American citizens would stay in their own home if war found itself on their doorsteps? Having civilians out of the way makes the enemies more clear. And do not forget that American citizens die in Iraq everyday. I say bring our soldiers home and let them fend for themselves.
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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.
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- Thank you, thank you! I am attempting to help a young Iraqi remain in the US -- and it has been one of the frustrating things I have ever encountered. I am so unhappy with our country. Can anyone say the word -- fiasco? The actions of our government --- of our State Department --- are immoral. There are similarities to this and returning Jewish people to Germany. It is criminal.
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- Send one of these left behind Iraqi to me. I do not speak the language or have any heritage there. I'm just an ordinary American, but there's always room for one more at our house. Forward this message wherever necessary.
Maggie Littlejohn - Reply to this comment
- Saigon redux.
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- Thank you for informing us about this act of abandonment by our government. I am very frightened for these brave Iraqi people who, by helping our soldiers, now face the very real threat of death. I think it is criminal on our part to abandon them now. I will gladly open my door to offer food and shelter to Iraqi refugees. Please tell me how I can help.
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- It's very important for the U.S. to take care of those who support it. The main reason is friend and foe watch how those who support the U.S. are treated. Enemies of the U.S. will use badly treated U.S. supporters as poster children to discourage other potential supporters saying things like "look what happened to them?", If the U.S. does not do a good job taking care of its supporters, future support will be hard to come by! It's better to provide a safe haven for U.S. supporters in their own country, it's not practical or realistic to move every U.S. supporter to the United States! But the U.S. should do all in its power to make U.S. supporters safe in their home country. Only in extreme cases should U.S. supporters be allowed to come to the U.S. Why should a potential U.S. supporter come forward and help the U.S. if they see a U.S. supporter badly treated or worst, neglected.
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- A striking ommission in your report was the fact that the U.S. did the very same to those who sided with the U.S. against Saddam during the first gulf war. As I recall, he killed all of those linked to involvement with the U.S. Same thing happened to the Kurds. This seems to be the U.S. policy to engage allies and abandon them. If the Department of Homeland Security will not allow the refuges that helped in the war effort to relocate to the U. S., the least that should be done is to help them settle in other countries for the protection of their lives and family!
RMayes - Reply to this comment
- I cannot believe how we are so unwilling to learn a thing.
Please do not compare Iraq to Vietnam. Vietnamese people never proclaimed death to anyone. Look what happened in England who has taken in plenty of Arabs from all over.
Now, even Arabs that grew up in England, who have British citizenship are ready to commit acts of terror.
It's time to start learning and think American FIRST. What's wrong with that?
Please do not make us feel as we do not care. We are the most giving of nations. This is a different people. We do not understand them and never will. How can we understand kids that are eager to blow themselves up?
Let's concentrate on taking care of our troops, bringing them home and safeguarding our own people, feeding our own people, educating our own people.
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- This is in regards to bringing Iraqi's over here. I am totally dead set against it and I base that on the comments about over 100,000 Vietnamese being imported in a few short months.I don't think people have any concept of the destruction that brought on one city alone. The city of Lowell, Mass. was turned from a decent hard-working place to a place of fear where people didn't dare walk the streets in daylight. Those people moved in 18-20 people in a two bedroom apartment. The very worst part of it was that the young people formed some of the most dangerous gangs in the nation and their women greatly added to the number of hookers already walking the streets.
Another big beef is the fact that those "aliens" were handed everything for free. That included housing, food, clothes, jobs, cars etc. etc. All this was done in front of out own homeless and hungry who couldn't get any help.
Those "imports" don't even have respect enough to learn English. I resent the fact that everything you buy has to have the instructions translated into 20 different languages. Plus everywhere you go interpreters have to be provided. All of the cost is of course passes on to us the comsumer. I just wonder if I went to Iraq or Viet Nam would I be given the same courtesy. - Reply to this comment
