MaxedOutMama
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Blackfive on Iraqi Girl
Blackfive published an email from a Marine about the Iraqi girl who literally sat by a mine in the middle of a street to protect our troops. If this one doesn't make your eyes mist you're dead, and as the sergeant says, by sending aid for Iraqis you are helping their effort. Soldiers in Iraq are distributing toys and school supplies, just as they have in Afghanistan. There are links below the post to aid organizations.
This particular story might hit me even harder than most people because my German grandmother and other starving children were fed by soldiers after World War I. The soldiers were French, in that case. My grandmother, along with her whole family, nearly starved to death in World War I. For most of one whole winter they had almost nothing to eat but parsnips. She was a tiny woman - not even close to five feet - because of dreadful nutrition for several years as a child. It's just one reason why I view policies of harsh sanctions to oppose dictatorships as less humane than some others might. Those hurt first are always the innocent and powerless. The last to be hurt are the soldiers and those in power.
This particular story might hit me even harder than most people because my German grandmother and other starving children were fed by soldiers after World War I. The soldiers were French, in that case. My grandmother, along with her whole family, nearly starved to death in World War I. For most of one whole winter they had almost nothing to eat but parsnips. She was a tiny woman - not even close to five feet - because of dreadful nutrition for several years as a child. It's just one reason why I view policies of harsh sanctions to oppose dictatorships as less humane than some others might. Those hurt first are always the innocent and powerless. The last to be hurt are the soldiers and those in power.
