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February 26, 2003
Yet another way of looking at this...
There were two interesting articles in the Daily Universe (BYU Newspaper) today about refugee Iraqis living in Salt Lake. I'm not sure when the articles will be available online, but I will summarize.
The three Iraqis love their homeland and miss their families; they want to go home. However, they know they can't return until Saddam Hussein is gone.
They say Saddam's government taught them to hate Americans. Now that they have lived here since the gulf war, however, their opinions have changed.
Although they don't like war, especially in their own country, they know war must happen and people must die to remove Saddam. Their hopes of returning home lie in US military action.
Posted by Steve at February 26, 2003 09:35 AM
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Posted by: Joey at February 26, 2003 04:47 AM
The articles are now available on BYU Newsnet:
1. Iraqi refugees wait for day they can return home to families
2. Iraqi government teaches anti-American sentiment
Being here in the U.S. (or being in Germany or France for that matter :duh) it is very easy for people to see Bush as some kind of dictator trying to hurt poor Saddam Hussein. "What did Saddam ever do to deserve that? Let's give him some more time."
Well, these stories show exactly how Saddam is treating his own people. There is a definite need for a radical change over there. Of course we should do everything in our power to minimize the casualties of Iraqi people, but we cannot ignore an obligation to take Saddam out of power.
Posted by: Joey at February 26, 2003 04:55 AM