Some thoughts of an Iraqi about the American left and "Peace Activists"

It is interesting to see what an Iraqi thinks of the peace activists in Iraq and hear his opinion of their supposed Noble Cause.

How the Left Betrayed My Country - Iraq

So you were here during the war?

Yes! she said. To see the crimes of the Americans!

I was stunned. After a moment, I replied, What about the crimes of the regime? It killed millions of Iraqis. Do you know that if the regime was still in power, the conversation we’re having now would result in our torture or death?

Her face turned red and she angrily responded, Soon will come the day that the Americans will do worse. She then went on to accuse me of not knowing what the true facts were in Iraq—and that she could see the situation better than me!

She was not the only humanitarian who expressed such outrageous opinions.

And so I have become disillusioned, at least with the Leftists I met in Iraq. So noble in their rhetoric, they looked to the stars, yet ignored what was happening around them, caring only about what was inside their minds. So glorious in their ideals, their thoughts were inflexible and their deeds unnecessary, even harmful. In the end, they proved to me how dogma and fanaticism had transform peace activists into—lifeless peace statues.