Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Low Expectations!
Here is an extraordinary response from a young medical student living in Baghdad writing about the news of the prisoner abuse and the subsequent outrage…
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It is not fair to compare that way, I totally disagree... In Saddam's time, there was no media covering what is happening 24 hours, day and night. Now days, we have million TV Channels just wanting something to happen... If someone sneezes (there in Falooja or anywhere else) the whole world would know few secs after....and the papers write and the politicians talk...
OK, It is not heaven in here... I hate living here, OK, OK...
There were thousands who were killed, tortured, and buried alive... I know the whole world knew about that, but they have not seen it live or few days after.
No comparison should be made between the past and the present... Every time has its advantages and disadvantages....
It is not heaven in here... There is an army... Any army in the world could do this and even worse... especially if they are being killed everyday... I am not saying it is justifiable... Never...My country men are being killed everyday by them...and we should work to liberate it from the Americans IN A CIVILIZED WAY...
But, has anyone of you ever imagined an army invading a country and goes out without crimes, if so tell me what that Army was ?!!!
Saddam is gone, That is something everyone should be happy of.... If no one is happy , I am sure I am ....and I am living here...In Baghdad..
If we want to talk about the disadvantages of this time, they cannot be counted, but it was not heaven where we lived before...everyone Should believe me....
I believe we have hope, though little, but in Saddam's there was no hope...
In 20 years time, Baghdad MIGHT be a wonderful place to live in...
But before, in Saddam's time, WA Allah 1000 years and Baghdad would remain ruined and destroyed...
Abdullah
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A young man like Abdullah who wrote that touching letter shows a magnanimous soul and it seems that he is prepared to accept such things because now there is at least some hope!
Two words come to my mind when thinking about his reaction: nobility and ignorance! The nobility part is obvious. The ignorance part has to do with accepting the fact that any army would do such things and that these events are to be expected. Such low expectations!
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It is not fair to compare that way, I totally disagree... In Saddam's time, there was no media covering what is happening 24 hours, day and night. Now days, we have million TV Channels just wanting something to happen... If someone sneezes (there in Falooja or anywhere else) the whole world would know few secs after....and the papers write and the politicians talk...
OK, It is not heaven in here... I hate living here, OK, OK...
There were thousands who were killed, tortured, and buried alive... I know the whole world knew about that, but they have not seen it live or few days after.
No comparison should be made between the past and the present... Every time has its advantages and disadvantages....
It is not heaven in here... There is an army... Any army in the world could do this and even worse... especially if they are being killed everyday... I am not saying it is justifiable... Never...My country men are being killed everyday by them...and we should work to liberate it from the Americans IN A CIVILIZED WAY...
But, has anyone of you ever imagined an army invading a country and goes out without crimes, if so tell me what that Army was ?!!!
Saddam is gone, That is something everyone should be happy of.... If no one is happy , I am sure I am ....and I am living here...In Baghdad..
If we want to talk about the disadvantages of this time, they cannot be counted, but it was not heaven where we lived before...everyone Should believe me....
I believe we have hope, though little, but in Saddam's there was no hope...
In 20 years time, Baghdad MIGHT be a wonderful place to live in...
But before, in Saddam's time, WA Allah 1000 years and Baghdad would remain ruined and destroyed...
Abdullah
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A young man like Abdullah who wrote that touching letter shows a magnanimous soul and it seems that he is prepared to accept such things because now there is at least some hope!
Two words come to my mind when thinking about his reaction: nobility and ignorance! The nobility part is obvious. The ignorance part has to do with accepting the fact that any army would do such things and that these events are to be expected. Such low expectations!
# posted by Abu Khaleel @ 12:36 PM 
