When Ratchett the Dog is Dearer to America than Iraqis
Published in Kitabat
(Iraq) on 16 October 2008
by Taleb Al-Assal (link to original)
When some people shout with their highest pitch to praise America and disparage its enemies or even those who criticize it are of the highest level of stupidity and dumbness. For America is murdering Iraqis while we hear voices here and there finding excuses to our executioner and casting the blame on our victims
No need to remind the Iraqis of Abeer the martyr nor of the families whose women have been raped, nor of Abu Ghraib, nor Fallujah, nor the Najaf massacre, nor any of the other tragedies brought about by the American occupier and executed by its agents and mercenaries as murdering their own kinsmen and terrorizing them. And what happened to the Shiites will not be forgotten, nor will what happened to the Sunnis for that matter
And the massacres that happened to the Yazidis will not be forgotten, nor will the tragedies that happened to the Turkmens, the Shabak and others be erased from our memory
And how will what happened to the Christians be wiped out either?? Why has the blood of this peaceful group turned cheap??
Isnt Iraq under occupation and, thus, under the occupiers responsibility to safeguard the country??
The U.S. has hypocritically defended Bosnias Muslims hitting the Christians who attacked them. It hit and struck the aggressors hard and came from the other end of the world to bring about justice
But America is in Iraq today and its forces are present on the ground, only a few miles away from the sufferings of the Christians, so why doesnt any sign of concern appear amongst them and why dont they protect the Christians from the ruthlessness of gangs and agents??
The number of forcibly expelled Christians has risen to thousands and some of them were killed or had their homes burned or demolished. And the government sent only two police squads, unable to stand in the face of the still on-going threat. And all that America does is condemn these terrorist acts. And what is the good of words when they are not translated into real action on the ground The fact is that it is only a question of whether Americas interests are with Iraqs Christians, for if it were so, the U.S. would turn things upside down to resolve their cause, but if it has no vested interests is them, they first and foremost remain mere Iraqis
America does not care for the blood of the Iraqi, or for his dignity, and he who is its present lowly servant should not think that he will, tomorrow, be safe from its slyness and betrayal. For America throws its mercenaries like a mean useless pit after it is done using them, and they are left, but with abjectness and shame. And here are the Americans manifesting their carelessness and flippancy towards us as they appeal in thousands over the internet, reaching out to the feelings of U.S. officials, both in Iraq and the U.S., to allow a stray dog in Iraq that was brought up by a woman Iraqi soldier, to go to America. They said the women soldier from the U.S. fought tooth and nail for her voice (and her dogs barking) to reach the whole world, thereby fueling the sentiments of Terry Crisp, the secretary general of the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who flew personally all the way from California to Iraq to rescue the stray dog to whom one of the tender-hearted and conscientious women soldiers was affectionate and whom she named Ratchett. For it is painful and inhumane that the dog Ratchett be left alone when she leaves, going back to her country at the end of her mission in Iraq, especially, as this soldier says, that Iraqis mistreat animals because they bring diseases to their houses. Even a member of Congress intervened putting pressure on the Department of Defense to allow the dog, or dear Ratchett, to go to America with his owner. Furthermore there was a campaign three years ago to rescue animals in Iraq and fifty dogs and ten cats that were nearing death were flown to the U.S. where they are now living in security and lavishness with corn flakes and cappuccino!!
The said woman soldier fought with her fellow Americans in an invasion of unprecedented destruction, havoc and killings. Algeria used to take pride in its sacrifice and became known as the country of a million martyrs. But in Iraq today, after over five years the number of martyrs has risen to much more than a million and the sacrifices are still on-going, in addition to millions of refugees and migrants both inside and outside the country. So what comparison can be made with Algeria or other countries that have been exposed to what we have been exposed to??
And what dogs and cats win the affection of the Americans while Iraqs children fall one after the other as victims to cancer and other fatal diseases.
And what humanity is one that cares for animals leaving Iraqs children to mendacity, hunger, want and poverty?? And what humanity America pretends when not one spot of Iraqs territory has not been tainted by Iraqi blood??
And what nationalism, ethics and conscience are there in those who still believe that America is the rescuer and that salvation is within its hands?!
No need to remind the Iraqis of Abeer the martyr nor of the families whose women have been raped, nor of Abu Ghraib, nor Fallujah, nor the Najaf massacre, nor any of the other tragedies brought about by the American occupier and executed by its agents and mercenaries as murdering their own kinsmen and terrorizing them. And what happened to the Shiites will not be forgotten, nor will what happened to the Sunnis for that matter
And the massacres that happened to the Yazidis will not be forgotten, nor will the tragedies that happened to the Turkmens, the Shabak and others be erased from our memory
And how will what happened to the Christians be wiped out either?? Why has the blood of this peaceful group turned cheap??
Isnt Iraq under occupation and, thus, under the occupiers responsibility to safeguard the country??
The U.S. has hypocritically defended Bosnias Muslims hitting the Christians who attacked them. It hit and struck the aggressors hard and came from the other end of the world to bring about justice
But America is in Iraq today and its forces are present on the ground, only a few miles away from the sufferings of the Christians, so why doesnt any sign of concern appear amongst them and why dont they protect the Christians from the ruthlessness of gangs and agents??
The number of forcibly expelled Christians has risen to thousands and some of them were killed or had their homes burned or demolished. And the government sent only two police squads, unable to stand in the face of the still on-going threat. And all that America does is condemn these terrorist acts. And what is the good of words when they are not translated into real action on the ground The fact is that it is only a question of whether Americas interests are with Iraqs Christians, for if it were so, the U.S. would turn things upside down to resolve their cause, but if it has no vested interests is them, they first and foremost remain mere Iraqis
America does not care for the blood of the Iraqi, or for his dignity, and he who is its present lowly servant should not think that he will, tomorrow, be safe from its slyness and betrayal. For America throws its mercenaries like a mean useless pit after it is done using them, and they are left, but with abjectness and shame. And here are the Americans manifesting their carelessness and flippancy towards us as they appeal in thousands over the internet, reaching out to the feelings of U.S. officials, both in Iraq and the U.S., to allow a stray dog in Iraq that was brought up by a woman Iraqi soldier, to go to America. They said the women soldier from the U.S. fought tooth and nail for her voice (and her dogs barking) to reach the whole world, thereby fueling the sentiments of Terry Crisp, the secretary general of the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who flew personally all the way from California to Iraq to rescue the stray dog to whom one of the tender-hearted and conscientious women soldiers was affectionate and whom she named Ratchett. For it is painful and inhumane that the dog Ratchett be left alone when she leaves, going back to her country at the end of her mission in Iraq, especially, as this soldier says, that Iraqis mistreat animals because they bring diseases to their houses. Even a member of Congress intervened putting pressure on the Department of Defense to allow the dog, or dear Ratchett, to go to America with his owner. Furthermore there was a campaign three years ago to rescue animals in Iraq and fifty dogs and ten cats that were nearing death were flown to the U.S. where they are now living in security and lavishness with corn flakes and cappuccino!!
The said woman soldier fought with her fellow Americans in an invasion of unprecedented destruction, havoc and killings. Algeria used to take pride in its sacrifice and became known as the country of a million martyrs. But in Iraq today, after over five years the number of martyrs has risen to much more than a million and the sacrifices are still on-going, in addition to millions of refugees and migrants both inside and outside the country. So what comparison can be made with Algeria or other countries that have been exposed to what we have been exposed to??
And what dogs and cats win the affection of the Americans while Iraqs children fall one after the other as victims to cancer and other fatal diseases.
And what humanity is one that cares for animals leaving Iraqs children to mendacity, hunger, want and poverty?? And what humanity America pretends when not one spot of Iraqs territory has not been tainted by Iraqi blood??
And what nationalism, ethics and conscience are there in those who still believe that America is the rescuer and that salvation is within its hands?!