At least the Kurds love us

[doombug]

I was reading a blog topic about the Kurds of Northern Iraq, and one woman had posted a response stating how much she loved and appreciated America, and especially the troops who are helping provide security in Kirkuk, and the other Kurdish areas of Iraq.  

Her name is Hevi, and here is what she posted:

"I'm a kurdish girl! I love all american people I love you all so much you can even imagine I LOVE USA and the whole culter i´'M THANKFULL.... but please tell me you really care about us? Just answer what you think blieve me no matter how you think I'LL ALWAYS LUV YOU and you flagg will still be in my room"

http://frankwarner.typepad.com/free_frank_warner/2004/03/abc_kurds_love_.html

I wrote her back, thanking her for such an uncommonly expressed opinion of the U.S.  She responded back, with this:

"Dear Mr. John

Thank you for answering and It means so much to me ...
I live in Germany and every day you read things about america and their
"bad" side but I´ll always protect you and I always try to explain everyone
about you and your country.... It´s not easy to try to explain that since
the War I just believe in America and not in a religion espacily not in
Islam ... but I do I believe in America and I want  you to tell everybody
your family your friends your children about us and how much I love you
every american soldier in Irak is an hero for me .....
We call this soldiers "gods on earth" Every time I see the news it give me
the blues and I realy wish I would die but not an american soldier their
heros and I´m proud to have them in our kurdish -parts.

I´m proud to know you Mr. John Thank you millions time for writting me ...

God bless America and the kurds

wish you and your family the best my best regards...

bye.. hevi"

I wrote her back promising that I would share her thoughts with as many people as I could, as we Yanks here nothing but negative and hateful things about our country from seemingly every corner of the world.

I'm going to temporarily post her email address in my profile, and I hope you guys will write her a quick "Thank You" letter.  It may seem corny and meaningless, but there are a few cultures (the  Iranians, Cubans, Poles, etc.) that really do appreciate our country.  And the Kurds are certainly one of them.

Thanks.

[Pete E]

... in response to At least the Kurds love us, posted by doombug on Feb 2, 2005

This particular Kurd seems to have forgiven us for encouraging them to revolt after gulf war one,then sitting back while Saddam crushed them again,then later putting the " no fly " zone in effect.Hundred of thousands died I think when they fled in to the hills in the north.The US government even came out with an argument saying we didn't wan't to destablize the region by toppling Saddam.
Bush one was a gutless SOB in my opinion.Margaret Thatcher had to kick his butt to even get him to do anything about the Kuwait invasion.She had more balls than him.
The Kurds have endured much.Turkey didn't let us go through there in gulf war 2 because they don't want the Kurds setting up a seperate nation.
Those making the aurgument that religion has historically been a negative force certainly have a good argument in Iraq.

Pete

[OkieMan]

... in response to At least the Kurds love us, posted by doombug on Feb 2, 2005

Doombug,
I second your thoughts!  I recently talked to my son  that fought in Iraq. I told him that I thought that the election that took place in Iraq gave validation to the sacrifice that he and many of his buddies did over there.  Many of his friends didn't make it, so I am thankful to God that I still have a happy and healthy son -- and yes, we americans do care about the freedom of the kurdish people and the other tribes in Iraq! By the way, I just finished watching President Bush give his State of the Union speech.  I thought he did an excellent job.  It will be interesting to hear all of the spin miesters at home and abroad do their spin on his speech.
                        OkieMan

[doombug]

... in response to Re: At least the Kurds love us, posted by OkieMan on Feb 2, 2005

Yep, just caught that speech, too.  It was good, though the "blue finger" thing may have been just a little overboard.

Besides providing security and knocking off the bad guys, the troops are doing a lot of little things that's rarely reported in the mainstream media.  

Here's a really cool example:

"'When we first got here (in northern Iraq) the environment was such that they put us in charge of a town,' Barden said. 'The town is a mostly Kurdish village named Laylan with about 10,000 people.  We are in charge of establishing and running the police force, electing the mayor, the city council, the utilities, and the school system. The civil affairs assets were very few and far between. There was a CMOC (Civil Military Operations Center) in downtown Kirkuk with representatives for different types of projects. Units would go to them and get contracts. The water rep helped us contract out and funded three water towers.'"

"Barden said one of the biggest problems was that the town's eight functioning schools did not have any supplies for the students."

"'I emailed my older brother, who is a stockbroker in Charlotte, N.C., and asked him to send some school supplies,' Barden explained. 'He started by writing a letter to extended family, friends and church. Before you knew it, it was huge. The Charlotte Observer did a story on it. People from other states learned about it; the President mentioned it in his address; it's been on the news.'"

http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2004_news/january/iraqi_kids.asp

[OkieMan]

... in response to Re: Re: At least the Kurds love us, posted by doombug on Feb 2, 2005

Doombug,
That's a great story too.  My son finished his second tour in Iraq in October.  He told me that this last tour was worse than when they were there throughout the original "war".  This past year for many months his unit was guarding the Iraqi/Syrian border. The insurgents were coming over the border all the time, and sometimes the fighting was intense.  If you noticed in the speech tonight, President Bush threw out a warning to Syria and Iran.  They are now the main sponsors of terrorism in the world today.  Still, it is heartening to hear some good stories about people from that part of the world that do appreciate the sacrifice our soldiers have made.

                               OkieMan