Pinkie’s Realm

I will not pretend to understand what it is like to be you. I grew up in middle class suburbia in northeastern America. Therefore, I will never know what it’s like to be constantly checking the water tank, electricity, and cooking gas…I’ll never know what it’s like to live in fear of raids, looters, troops, bombs, and bullets…and I will never know what it’s like to be forced to dress a certain way, and always be accompanied by a male. What I am trying to say is, I may know what things you are going through, but I will never truly know what it is like. As an American, I can only apologize for the ignorant insults other people from my country have thrown at you, even going as far as to accuse you of not being a real Iraqi, because they are so horribly uninformed.

At one point in your blog, you were worried that the troops all felt the same way as your foolish American critics, before they occupied your country. I sincerely hope you do not truly believe that, because many Americans (like myself) do not feel this way at all… And whereas you have every right to bitter, I just want you to know that many of us now hate our own government for the things they’ve done, including what they’ve done to your people. Just like you, we (referring to the more “enlightened” Americans, if you will) resent news-reporting institutions like CNN and Fox, which were originally supposed to be honorable, helpful, and honest, but proved to be an untrustworthy circus of actors and puppets. And I personally, especially resent Bush…I resent how he repeated the words “Terror”, and “Terrorist” over and over like a broken jukebox, beating the words into our impressionable American minds, until most of the country was scared into supporting his cause.

I hope you are at least beginning to see our point of view, if not only a little bit. And please understand how much I sympathize and respect you. As one last plea, please do not hate all the troops…but rather hate our corrupted government who appointed them leaders that worked hard to brainwash them. I’d know…I’ve watched my own friends enter the world of becoming a mindless military robot, to the point where they even started referring to all their own best friends as “civilians”. Hate our government, if anything, for allowing these 18 year old boys to sign up for something they can’t understand…causing pointless, and countless deaths.

I wish the best for you,

Pinkie