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Dear Riverbend,

                        After reading your past blogs about your living situation and many other topics I have been forever changed. I couldn’t believe how “ignorant” our media has been over this whole war. They have made me feel “ignorant” as well since I have never been correctly educated on your culture, religion, Iraq, and the exact state of the war. This really opened my eyes when you said,

“The Truth: Iraqis lived in houses with running water and electricity. Thousands of them own computers. Millions own VCRs and VCDs. Iraq has sophisticated bridges, recreational centers, clubs, restaurants, shops, universities, schools, etc. Iraqis love fast cars (especially German cars) and the Tigris is full of little motor boats that are used for everything from fishing to water-skiing” (34).

We have been taught our whole lives basically that places like Iraq and Iran are third-world countries that are completely poor, have no access to technology or anything like that. After reading your blog, I realized how wrong that is, and how I have been taught the wrong concept for the longest time, that you are just like us over in America and have the same resources and recreational things that we do. Other than that it really bothered me after reading your blogs how much American’s misinterpreted how women are suppose to dress. You opened my eyes and made me realize that women aren’t being forced to wear Hijabs, like we think and that the majority of women actually wear jeans, skirts, etc like everyone else in the world. Your blog truly has educated me so much more on the war over in Iraq, and the actual culture of the Iraqi people. Thanks so much for enlightening me.