Thursday, May 14, 2015

Will U.S. abandon Iraqis who helped us?

”You and I know that untold numbers have been slaughtered for being America’s allies, and American politicians looked away. This has cost neither America nor those politicians a thing.”

https://ricochet.com/the-ghosts-of-americas-allies/

“One interpreter, the Americans nicknamed ‘Frodo.’ He was part of some 20 firefights during the war. He, like the others, stuck his neck out. An American captain, Doug Vossen, considered Frodo his protector and adviser. Vossen told CBS News that, without him, ‘I’d have been dead’”

“Another interpreter, called ‘Alpha’ in the lawsuit, was shot in the back during the war. Upon recovery, he rejoined the effort. In 2008, someone threw a bottle of gas into his home, burning it down. Alpha and his son were injured but survived. He now, like the others, receives regular death threats.

“Last October, a logistics contractor who worked with the Americans was driving in Baghdad. Men pulled up beside him and shot up his car. He survived. In November, someone texted him and said, ‘Don’t think we forget you, dog.’”

http://www.nationalreview.com/sites/default/files/nordlinger_iraqi-visas05-18-15.html


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