Comments on: Journalist Returns From Iraq…Finds Disneyland

By: Sumo

Sumo — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:58:49 +0000

Well…Bush wanted a legacy…and this is what he has to put in it. I think it’s only fair that some of that water from that dirty hole be sent to the White House and let them see what it tastes like…and of course only available for maybe 2 hours a day. They can go without for the rest of the 22 hours. What a perfect “Twilight Zone” episode for him to wake up and find himself in the middle of Baghdad with angry eyes staring at him from every angle…he’d probably clutch his chest and have the big one! Candles anyone?

By: Dusty

Dusty — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:00:22 +0000

I read about this story too and it broke my heart. As E says..we owe them a huge debt of gratitude for trying to get the truth out to everyone. I am embarrassed to say that I have no clue as what it is like to be in their shoes.

By: enigma4ever

enigma4ever — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:10:15 +0000

We owe alot to these people, how do we get them what they need and NOT from war profiteers…HOW? water, hospitals, medical care, schools, all of the things that Bush promised YEARS ago ….And if the people who actually lived there were allowed to help rebuild their country that would help…alot…Bushco has done more damage than can be understood….Bush and Cheney and the whole lot of them should be put in Abu Gharib….

By: sagefever

sagefever — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:52:59 +0000

I am sitting here in my “nice” house,AC droning in the background,ice cubes waiting for my next cold beverage…it’s around 101 degrees outside and I dread a trip to anywhere in an air conditioned car,if left outside exposed I’d melt in 2 hours..this article has left me ashamed, and mad as hell

By: Sumo

Sumo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:55:47 +0000

That’s is exactly how the information stuck me…right in the heart. It was bad enough about the water pipe and hole…that’s just so wrong…a couple of hours of water a day for a village. But when he was in despair over his friends…even more information came out that was disturbing…that I just had to share it with others. We can’t feel his feelings for him…but we can empathize…and hopefully on our end try to help change things. We owe it to these poor people.

By: Demon Princess

Demon Princess — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:33:23 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful & moving piece, Sumo. It is horrendous what we’ve done to Iraq. And as for the war hawks who would say,” See how evil Al-Queda is–that’s why we have to stay & fight the good fight,” don’t forget that they wouldn’t be there if not for us. It’s easy to forget all those innocent people whose well-being we’ve destroyed in our quest for empire.

Jamal’s observation that coming back here is the unreality of Disneyland with the mindless pursuit of consumer culture comparatively is striking. And what do we DO with our great blessings? ~ we’re too focused as a nation on preserving our privileges & cut of the pie to care how the rest of the world gets by.

By: Sumo

Sumo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:55:03 +0000

It’s a travesty that’s what it is plain and simple. But I always enjoy someone from the inside telling us about some of it for a better picture. Better picture? I mean the stark realities that our own government suppresses from us. While I want some truth…it makes me feel so badly that these people are going through these awful times.

By: coffee messiah

coffee messiah — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:42:14 +0000

It’s all rather interesting and bizarre what you can read about all this. Here we are, supposedly “attempting” to bring “d” there, but having done so, millions have left, and those millions were the wage earners and educated of that country. Seemingly to me, and I could be wrong, that leaves a minority of people too poor to have been able to leave also.

It’s no wonder Halliburton and the rest do as little as possible. It would eat into their profits.

I’m still appalled that nothing has been done about their no bid contracts.

Who could be proud of anything that has been done their, from the beginning? ; (