Thursday, April 24, 2014
Baghdad Burning
I decided to start the blog from the beginning. "I'm female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That's all you need to know. It's all that matters these days anyway." It was very blunt and showed how she was looked at where she was from. All that mattered after the war was whether you survived it or not. It doesn't seem to matter what happened before or what is happening after, surviving is the thing that defined her. Whether that be good or bad is unknown. She seems to rant and find things bothersome like anyone else in the world such as having trouble sleeping. But the reasons for her not being able to sleep are different. I find it crazy with how much fear those in Iraqi had to live with. I can't even fathom what that would even be like. But at the same time she seems to be numb to everything because she has lived with it for so long. It's a sad thing that fear has become a daily routine. Another thing that surprised me is when she talks about the small boy that was killed during an American raid. He was killed yet they found nothing. That is something we don't generally hear about in the US, because it's advertised over here as we're doing something so great helping those who have fallen and been through war, yet we're just causing more chaos and trouble. Women cannot even walk out by themselves. They have to be accompanied everywhere they go. Imagine living like this, because I surely can't.
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Your comment about her being numb to the fear really struck a cord with me. It is crazy to think anyone could get used to the idea of possibly dying at any instant. Especially for people like us who a lucky enough to never have to worry about our house getting bombed while we sleep or having to sleep with clothes if we need to leave quickly. However I do know what it is like to have a government that hides information for selfish reasons, like what happened to that little boy. It is sad and crazy to think about but how really sad and crazy is it to actually live like that and worse of all knowing that you can’t really change a thing.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, as a young woman myself I cannot even imagine what she had to go through everyday. To have random raids and constant fear that someone is going to ransack your home is pretty bizarre. And the thing is, America believes they are helping these people. When in reality, America is just causing more problems for them. I cannot even imagine being asleep and then having random people from another country run through my home unexpected. I can't even imagine going through that as an adult, so I feel really bad for the children who really have no idea what is happening. To learn that random raids in your house is "normal" at a young age is really sad and potentially harmful for these kids when they grow up.
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