The blogger is a guy in Iraq. He's doing it on blogspot. I'm confident he's for real--his blog was mentioned in a Forbes.com article and journalists usually don't print something unless they can corroborate it.
Anyway, he's obviously well educated, and his English is good, especially four letter words.
We all should read this blog. It puts things into perspective.
Here's a small sample he writes in response to someone who said he should be greatful for American help:
OK, let us all have 5 minutes of silence to do some appreciation.
I appreciate the dropping of tons of bombs on my country.
I appreciate the depleted uranium used in these bombs.
I appreciate the whole policy of dual containment which kept the region constantly on the boil because it was convenient for the US.
I appreciate the support the US government shows to all the oppressive governments in the region only to dump them after they have done what was needed of them.
I appreciate the US role in the sanctions committee.
I appreciate its effort in making me look for surgical gloves and anesthetic in the black market just to get a tooth pulled out, because these supplies are always being vetoed by the sanctions committee.
I appreciate the policies of a country which has spent a lot of time and effort to sustain economic sanctions that punished the Iraqi people while it had no effect on Saddam and his power base, turning us into hostages in a political deadlock between the Iraqi government and the US government.
I appreciate the role these sanctions had in making a country full of riches so poor.
I appreciate watching my professors having to sell their whole personal libraries to survive, and seeing their books being bought by UN staff who take home as souvenirs.
I have so much appreciation it is flowing out of my ears.
And he also writes this in response to someone telling him he is chicken for not overthrowing Sadaam:
Excuse me there but who do you think is getting broken bottles shoved up their ass? and who is getting his balls electrocuted? Don’t you ever call me a whiner. You don’t know what its like to have a member of your family taken away from you because he is suspected of anti-governmental activities, this suspicion being based on a couple of foreign friends he has. You don’t know what your life looks like after a family member has been executed because he spoke to the wrong people and expressed an honest opinion. If I may quote DEOXY here “SHUT THE F--- UP and learn to appreciate us a little!!!”. You stay where you are and let me deal with my shit.
War has a human cost--and I am not just talking about soldiers.
Posted by Sean-Paul @ 12/07/2002 12:28 AM
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Comments:
Excellent post. As I was saying all along. We need to take Saddam out as soon as possible. Who do you blame for UN sanctions? Why, UN ofcourse.
