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well... you can't discount the possibility that she is an average (or in this case, i think representative is a better word.) iraqi based on the fact that she is traveling abroad. if that were so, then you could only accept that an iraqi was average if all iraqi's were traveling abroad. i get your meaning though.
this woman's experience is in all likelihood not representative of the overall experience in iraq... but i'm willing to bet that there are many who are like her. my guess is that most of iraqis are riding the fence because they still aren't sure if the fundamentalists will take power or if the US will tought it out till the job is done. why take sides and visibly help the US if they might be gone tomorrow leaving you to the dogs?
what gives me hope is this: every roadside bomb and every death is counted back home. the situation is still on a scale where individual tragedies still matter. while reporting every single little thing that goes wrong might discourage some... at least even our failures are counted in small (but no less meaningful) figures.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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