Letter to America, Part II

An Iraqi's letter to America, Part I is here, and continues here:

Let's get back to the U.S. Army. As I know according to my experience of working with them, and without exaggeration, they are kind people and no one knows better than I do. I've been working with them as an interpreter for three years and those guys really want to present the best they have in order to help people, make the country safe and create a united Iraq for its people. They have great patience and endurance and great effort of working day and night just to do something or to make sure it is done properly. They help the Iraqi Army and Police in all kinds of ways like training and getting them all the equipment and supplies they need just to make them do their jobs in order to protect the people from the bad guys.

And the Americans always say, "the time when the I.A. [Iraqi Army] and I.P. [Iraqi Police] will be able to handle it under their control is the time of us leaving." They are serious on that and very happy to gain that. Truly, who likes to be away from his family and for a year or more of it.

So I've been with those troops and with different units, I didn't see even one day that they have such a bad intention or their being in Iraq, or I've never seen them abuse anyone or do what a real bad occupationers do. On the contrary, they help, give, do projects and help the Iraqi Army and Police a lot just to secure the country and save people from not getting kidnapped or killed. Most of the time, Iraqi forces do not care, but Americans do care and put pressure and might have who does not care get fired or arrested if Iraqi forces do not do their jobs properly.

Oh, oh, but tell you what, American forces have no luck whatever they do to help because some ignorant people think it opposite. They got accused that they set I.E.D.'s and give particular organizations money to kidnap and kill people. But truly indeed, and I swear, they are away from all this. I pray to Allah to help them and have them get back home safe and to successfully form a strong government and Iraqi Army that will be able to hook Iraqi people out of this problem.

Nowadays, you find some people hate the existance of these forces (Americans) in Iraq because of the mass, lack of security, corruption and prejudice of some people in a government itself and on one side the government abuses innocent people under the name of government and have the Coalition's support without the Coalition itself knowing about that. That's why lots of people feel happy when some bad things happen to the Iraqi security forces and Coalition. Because, as I mentioned lately, they did not know about the Americans intention toward a united Iraq.

So, brother, once again I ask Allah to help all good guys. It is not easy and it is very difficult and tough tasks and it needs a lot of efforts and time till everything gets fine (groovy)!

Sweetie, home, hug me tightly to your chest. God help and bless all of us and who good he is. Brother, we are good, they are bad, but some people think they are good and we are bad. It is not so, but it is said so!!! Leave it to the times, brother.

By the way, this is the same guy who said this and this. This fellow is college educated and has a good job in town in addition to being an interpreter. As you can tell, he is a very deep thinker and pays attention to everything that happens around him. He tries to follow the news and I have heard him discussing politics, Iraqi and international, with fellow interpreters and I.A. officers many times.

I believe that Iraq's future rests on people like this guy. He sees a better life and wants it for his country. I hope he gets it.


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