While driving home from work today, I heard a really inspirational story on NPR’s "All Things Considered" about a U.S. marine whose dying wish was to have two dogs he found in Baghdad transported to America for his family to care for. Long story short, his grieving family fought against all odds to realize his dream and in the end succeeded. Today, Mumma and Renold (I think that was their names) reside in a cookie cutter suburban town somewhere in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
Feel warm inside? Really, you don’t? Ok you heartless bastard, how about this…
Last Thursday, on Valentine’s Day, the SPCA International Baghdad Program (yes, there is such a thing) brought Charlie, a border collie mix, to the U.S after Watson, the active-duty soldier who found him in Iraq, couldn’t bare to give him up. According to Watson, “It’s probably going to be a real shock for him to see such beauty and great monuments after knowing nothing but the slums of Baghdad.” Charlie is currently on route from DC to Phoenix.
Isn’t that cute? I think so! Especially since this is what the doggies really want…
Just ask Nubbs. He currently lives in San Diego. An Iraqi by birth, he was transported to the U.S. after Major Brian Dennis rescued him in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. After finding Nubbs and nursing him back to health, Dennis was dispatched to a military outpost 70 miles away from where Nubbs resided. Nubbs, however, loved Dennis so much that he tracked him across the desert. Though Dennis couldn’t keep him, he was touched enough to arrange for the pup to be transported to the United States (via the "No Buddy Left Behind" initiative). A reunion is currently in the works for the Ellen Degeneres show.
And it doesn’t end there folks….
Eleven other dogs and two cats adopted by service members in Iraq or Afghanistan are in the pipeline for rescue, said Stephanie Scroggs, a spokeswoman for SPCA International. The SPCA will pay about $4,000 per rescue, Scroggs said. She acknowledged that the sum could aid many more stateside animals but said the program also supports the troops. [Washington Post]In fact, Liberty and K-Pot are scheduled to arrive in the United States tomorrow. I can't wait!
56 comments:
Do you consider this post to be bigotry? I'm just curious. I honestly can't see a single reason why you made this post, other than to express contempt for the country you apparently live in. Am I missing something?
Is there some reason you made this post that I'm not aware of? Did they throw some Palestinians off the plane to make room for these dogs? Did the dogs eat Palestinian babies? Or maybe you just hate dogs (and not Americans) is that it? What's going on?
just so it's not only the dogs who are chiming in here...
the number of canine refugees from Iraq coming in to the US could soon outnumber the humans. this may be the state dept.s way of taking pity on the poor refugee situation without having to worry about resentment and terrorism. man's best friend
And was there a point to your comment, alfannaan?
Like Seriously, Thank God for America
You realize that the nation referred to by "National Public Radio" is the United States, don't you Buydatti? If you hate America so much, get the fuck out of here already. We'll survive without you. And that goes for you too, alfalfa. Go to Jordan and take care of some Iraqi refugees or something. Fucking dickheads.
I think you offended some dogs Buydatti.
Yes, Americans love dogs. They come in very handy for torture sessions.
Congratulations to all for ignoring the senseless remarks of Kabobfest's resident pinhead provocateur PC. Keep up the good work and we'll soon be rid of the loathesome little troll.
Hah, hah, hah!
The plan has worked! These doggies are really al Queda sleeper mutts. With a secret, late night phone call, these canines will spring into action and launch the next action in the international jihad.
Upcoming secret message for the pooches.
"The dog biscuit is on the floor, repeat the dog biscuit is on the floor. It is now time to roll over, again, it is now time to roll over". Bow wow, out.
"DOMINANCE, or dominance-related, aggression is one of the most common forms of canine aggression. It is manifested by consistent atypical, out-of-context aggressive behaviors directed toward people."
America invades Iraq.
America destroys Iraq.
America places 10 years of sanctions on Iraq, killing thousands of innocent children.
America invades and destroys Iraq Again.
America kills many more thousands.
America mistakenly ignites a civil war of monumental proportions.
America occupies Iraq.
America saves a handful of Dogs.
Was it worth it? Clearly.
THAT was the point of this post. Any dirty dog can see it. What's wrong with you people? Do you intentionally play stupid, or are you really that dumb?
Iraq invades Kuwait.
America drives them out.
Saddam refuses to abide by cease-fire agreement.
America drives him out.
Sectarian violence kills thousands of Iraqi civilians.
Americans are finally getting that reined in.
Some Americans find dogs in the process, and take care of them.
Not dogs like Spot, though. Mad dogs need to be put down.
Americans do other things besides arbitrarily killing brown people and saving dogs.
More foolish American sentimentality.
"arbitrarily killing brown people"
wow, you admit it?
Roy. Your such a crock of shit. American soldiers giving kids wheelchairs? That's the story you're sharing? That just enhances the whole point of the post. America invades Iraq, causes a bloody mess, and then throws a couple wheelchairs their way - maybe even adopts (more like STEALS) a few dogs or so - and that's it. America can feel good about the huge fucking chaotic mess it caused in the first place! Three cheers for the red, white, and blue.
Oh, I get it now, it upsets you guys that we would rather have immigrant DOGS than immigrants like you...
Who can blame us, though? We took in buydati's family and all he does is rant about how awful we are. Dogs never complain.
Seriously, though, we do need you guys to vacate the premises. We need room for more dogs.
Hey, Bugditty, I'm sure that you only hate America because of George Bush and US foreign policy though, right? :P
What are we Mexicans? Get your immigrants right dickhead. Or do all brown people look alike to you? Given that you want to "arbitrarily kill" us all, probably so.
Programmer Crackhead - the usual get out of my country is a lame excuse for having no retort.
...especially since it's not YOUR country. Blow me.
I only hope that Iraq will run out of dogs -and oil of course- very soon. Perhaps the Americans will run out of reasons to remain in Iraq....
Roy forgot how Saddam was an ally to America. They provided his army with weapons when he fought Iran.
When America abandons all it's military bases in the middle east. There will be no more protection for the corrupted regimes in the Gulf. And Arabs will stop migrating to the west seeking freedom.
So take all the dogs. Take all the oil. Just leave us in peace.
A troubling thought: What if next American presidents used "Animal Abuse" as a reason to invade more Arab countries? It'll probably get more approval than false accusations of seeking nuclear technology.
Why not? GW's administration exploited the plight of Afghani women to help justify America's invasion of Afghanistan and overthrow of the Taliban. Funny, considering neither GW - nor his wife or anyone in the administration for that matter - are outspoken feminists.
The result? Kinda hard to determine at this point. But it surely isolated feminists in Afghani society - who are now associated with Western ideals when America tarnished the west as a whole (at least in their eyes).
wow, you admit it?
Of course. There's no such thing as sarcasm.
America invades Iraq, causes a bloody mess, and then throws a couple wheelchairs their way - maybe even adopts (more like STEALS) a few dogs or so - and that's it.
Who said that was it? That just happens to be one thing I picked. It does happen to be more than anybody else appears to be doing.
America can feel good about the huge fucking chaotic mess it caused in the first place!
I know that's what you want to believe, and no amount of pointing out facts is going to change your mind. You're a fool. But have a nice day anyway.
Perhaps the Americans will run out of reasons to remain in Iraq....
Then the real heroes can take over?
Yep, Iraq will be a paradise on the order of Palestine if the Americans would just bug out.
Iraq doesn't border Palestine you stupid fucking idiot. Buy a map.
I didn't say anything about bordering Palestine. I said "on the order of" Palestine. Learn to read.
Nice. Try to cover up your typo with something that makes asbolutely no sense: "Iraq will be a paradise on the order of Palestine if the Americans would just bug out."
Order means nothing here, jack ass.
What are we Mexicans? Get your immigrants right dickhead.
I actually like Mexicans. And I married an immigrant.
Given that you want to "arbitrarily kill" us all, probably so.
I do? :O
Programmer Crackhead - the usual get out of my country is a lame excuse for having no retort.
I didn't say anything about "my country", did I? I merely stated the obvious - people who hate the US this much, and make no secret of it, shouldn't be living in the United States. Is it so hard to understand? Get the fuck out of here. We don't want you. And that goes for people who weer born and raised here, too... if you hate America so much, move to a country you don't hate.
And please, somebody tell me what this post has to do with the Bush Administration and US foreign policy? Because it looks a lot like a display of naked contempt for all things American, to me. Made by somebody who obviously lives here.
Vamanos. Go.
A troubling thought: What if next American presidents used "Animal Abuse" as a reason...
That's actually a great idea. We can get the SPCA and PETA on our side that way. And if we go with the "wanton destruction of the environment" we'll get the Sierra Club and all the Greenies in Europe, too.
...to invade more Arab countries? It'll probably get more approval than false accusations of seeking nuclear technology.
I feel it necessary to point out that:
a) Iran is not an Arab country and
b) Iran is enriching uranium as we speak
Nice. Try to cover up your typo with something that makes asbolutely no sense: "Iraq will be a paradise on the order of Palestine if the Americans would just bug out."
Order means nothing here, jack ass.
Eh... interesting understanding of the English language you've got going on there, buddy :D
Order means nothing here
Your illiteracy is not my problem. But it does provide a little insight into your penchant for derivative signatures.
Of course, as a commentary on Kabobfest, "Order means nothing here" might be insightful.
Ya know, there is just something missing in the frontal lobes of some Americans, referring to the likes of the two idiots above.
Let's get visceral here if we can imagine. What was it that you were feeling as an American on 9/11? Were you in the guts scared, like the whole world had been turned upside down like you didn't have ANY idea of what was coming next? Because I know I sure the heck was, and like PC, I live in LA. Did we SHAKE, did we MOURN, was not our whole world turned upside down? Now remember folks, that was ONE day, then nothing since, ONE DAY with descending residual emotions.
Now, let's just imagine for a MOMENT if you can, just stay with me here, that IRAQIS are human beings too with the SAME human emotions, the SAME needs of safety that we have. Yes their culture is different, wouldn't the world be a BORING place if it was all the same, don't OTHER countries have the same INALIENABLE rights as Americans, ala the Declaration of Human Rights? Does that say Americans have more rights? Does that say Iraqis have FEWER rights?
So now that we are on the same page here, that Iraqis are HUMAN BEINGS just like us, (oh Lord imagine that!) Where the HELL do Americans come off thinking they can have a clean conscience from INVADING and DESTROYING another country by adopting their dogs and sending them a few wheelchairs? Tell me please, just HOW do these acts of "virtue" play up when compared to the HAVOC and the one MILLION lives our invasion and occupation has cost. Oh, let's not forget all those who died in the embargo prior to that also.
Get REAL Americans, we can NEVER in a million years atone for this sin our country has committed, yes SIN.
And it just makes me want to PUKE to see all these warm-fuzzy actions when we are responsible for the DEATHS of so many.
Does that hit ANYONE at all? Because I can assure you, if the shoe were on the other foot, and it was the US which was invaded and occupied, we would NOT be so happy!
Robin, We already know you are a supporter of terrorism, an apologist for propagandists and a habitual liar. What makes you think any of the people you are "lecturing" are the least bit interested in hearing your opinions, let alone responding to them? If you wanted to have rational discussions with people like *gasp* us, you shouldn't have spent so much time destroying your own credibility.
And like, you really give a fuck any way. You are a political idealogue. People are just tools to you. If you cared about the humanity of other people, you wouldn't spend so much time lying to them, would you? No. No, you wouldn't.
I guess that's the best one of the idiots can come up with, another attempt at a character assassination, although methinks he doth protest too much.
Adopted any poor stray Iraqi dogs lately PC? How about caring for Iraqi LIVES PC, the HUMAN kind, the kind that is EVERY BIT, no wait a minute MORE worthy than a piece of crap like you.
Your so called "Christianity" Programmed for Hate Craig is the biggest crock of bull shit on earth. And one does NOT have to be a Christian to be a HUMAN BEING. My DAUGHTER happens to be a Muslim you piece of shit and she just HAPPENS to be half ARAB. Now does that make her a terrorist or me one either? I DON'T think so!
People are just "tools" to me? People are DISCARDABLE to you PFHC based on being different than your freaking narrow-mindedness.
Dogs and wheelchairs? There are PEOPLE dead, a LOT of them due to what OUR country has done to them you idiot!
You don't have enough "character" to bother assassinating, robin.
Does using so many CAPITALIZED words make your blah blah blah more interesting?
pitiful, pitiful, pitiful pfhc.
See pc, I'm more than willing to use lower case letters when they are denoting of the smallness of a particular point of view.
Need to adopt a dog pc? Try this one, it is befitting of the lack of any modicum of beauty in your soul.
http://samugliestdog.com/
oh woops, Sam has gone to doggie heaven, we all know where your soul will go, it's called purgatory, where perhaps you might have a very small chance of redeeming yourself, but alas, no one will be holding their breath.
It's not about me pc, and it most certainly is not about you, it is about our country destroying another and leaving dead, maimed, and refugee Iraqis in it's wake. If you cannot ever get to that point where you understand that pc, then you really really are a lost cause.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
KVytZdM-Pg
ps, that youtube is for those who might appreciate it, certainly not for anyone who hasn't got a clue about what we were put on this earth for.
P.Craig
"I feel it necessary to point out that:
a) Iran is not an Arab country and
b) Iran is enriching uranium as we speak"
I was talking about Iraq. You know the whole Iraq invasion was based on the big fat lie that Iraq has weapons of mass distruction.
A waste of a good excuse on the wrong place. Iranians now talk openly about their nuclear program. They're even making provocative statements about it. In your face United States.
Roy,
"Then the real heroes can take over?"
You're demonstaring another reason why the Americans should leave Iraq. Since their presence has contributed to nothing but providing the environment for terrorism to thrive.
By the way, isn't Alqaida another American creation? Americans recruited Bin Laden's Taliban to fight the Russians in the 90's. They even gave your guy Stinger rokets. So we should be the ones blaming you for the enemies you produce.
"...And if we go with the "wanton destruction of the environment" we'll get the Sierra Club and all the Greenies in Europe, too."
You're assuming that the American government is a genuine environmentalist? Sign the Kyoto agreement first you hypocrite.
craig, didn't your immigrant wife leave you though?
Robin: Where the HELL do Americans come off thinking they can have a clean conscience from INVADING and DESTROYING another country by adopting their dogs and sending them a few wheelchairs?
That's a ridiculous bunch of non sequiturs strung together. We aren't talking about achieving clean consciences. We didn't destroy the country.
These are people seeing a need and responding to it. That's all.
b-cell: Since their presence has contributed to nothing but providing the environment for terrorism to thrive.
Exacly wrong. Our presence is what is causing the terrorists to diminish. Our leaving would allow them to thrive.
On a seemingly unrelated note, what are your feelings about Iran, b-cell?
So far? Iranians don't bother me, Roy. Not more than any Arab leadership America supports.
And frankly, America dose not deserve a tap on the shoulder for finishing a terrorist. Since it's responsible for a bunch.
Iranians don't bother me
Notwithstanding that I asked about Iran (rather than its people), it doesn't surprise me that you are not at all perturbed by the most colonizing entity in the middle east.
You hate America, not evil. Evil is ok as long as Americans don't do it. Conversely, nothing Americans do is worthy of anything but scorn.
Roy, maybe you are right, we are just responsible for the deaths caused since our invasion and occupation, only a million plus, but who's counting:( All in the name of democracy!
I do appreciate your concession that you were flat-out wrong in your claim that American presence "has contributed to nothing but providing the environment for terrorism to thrive".
it's responsible for a bunch
Nope. They're responsible for themselves.
we are just responsible for the deaths caused since our invasion and occupation, only a million plus, but who's counting
No, we're not responsible for all deaths, only the ones we caused. And we took great pains to make sure they were the ones that needed to happen.
The "million plus" figure you pulled out of your ass is clear evidence that your "who's counting" question is a valid one.
I am sure too that the Iraqi resistance, those fighting for their own country, the land WE invaded, when taking aim "took great pains to make sure they were the ones (deaths) that needed to happen", our soldiers.
See Roy, there is always another side to your insipid argument. You and all your idiotic like-minded thinkers thought the Iraqis would lay down the welcome mat for our well thought out "liberation" of them. The only thing that needs liberation is the twisted mindset that thinks it's permissable to engage in preemptive warfare based on lies. Read the Nuremberg Principles lately?
Met up face to face with anyone trying to "liberate" you at the point of a gun after bombing the hell out of your neighborhood lately Roy? I'm sure if you have you invited them in for tea and crumpets.
I am sure too that the Iraqi resistance, ... "took great pains to make sure they were the ones (deaths) that needed to happen", our soldiers.
Based on what? The Iraqi-on-Iraqi atrocities?
Don't just make shit up. Plug into reality and offer something that might possibly be true based on solid facts.
See Roy, there is always another side to your insipid argument.
I never suggested there wasn't. However, you can't present it. You seem to think that "another side" means that you just swap "American" and "Iraqi" and you have something equally true.
The rest of your rant is based on making shit up. Nobody was talking about whether we'd be greeted as liberators until you dredged up that old straw man.
Facts. Relevance. Try them out.
Roy:"I do appreciate your concession that you were flat-out wrong..."
Criticizing "America's success" in killing one miserable terrorist is a concession of being wrong? nice try...
"you are not at all perturbed by the most colonizing entity in the middle east."
That would be Israel and America.
"Conversely, nothing Americans do is worthy of anything but scorn."
Actually, I DO like McDonalds....
Criticizing "America's success" in killing one miserable terrorist is a concession of being wrong?
Yes, your claim was that we'd done nothing but foster terrorism. We have, in fact, killed quite a few terrorists.
That would be Israel and America.
Nope. There are no American colonies in the Middle East. The south of Lebanon has been an Iranian colony (Hezbollastan) for some time now. You know Hezbollah is Iranian, right?
Iran has been operating similarly in Iraq.
Israel's settlements are small potatoes compared to Iran.
When you make a claim, you should give me some reason to believe it's true, other than just because you say so.
I note again that you have no problem with Iran's terroristic bid for conquest of its neighbors.
raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2008/
02/brief-open-letter-to-washington-
post.html
I think Raed Jarrar says it best.
Roy,
"...There are no American colonies in the Middle East."
What about Iraq? Don't tell the Anerican troops are there to fly doves and distribute candy!
"The south of Lebanon has been an Iranian colony (Hezbollastan) for some time now. You know Hezbollah is Iranian, right?"
Hezbollah is 100% Lebanese. They recieve aid from Iran, And Most of them are Shiets, but that does not make them less Lebanese. Hezbollah is a national resistance to the Israeli occupation to the south of Lebanon. And the only thing that stands in the way of a full Israeli occupation of Lebanon, Similar to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the 80's.
What about Iraq? Don't tell the Anerican troops are there to fly doves and distribute candy!
What about Iraq? We don't have any settlements there. We're not even occupying, strictly speaking. Iraq has a government, and we are there at their behest. We are turning over control of regions as quickly as we can.
Hezbollah is 100% Lebanese.
That's simply a lie. Hezbollah is funded, equipped, trained, and largely controlled by Iranians.
Hezbollah first emerged during the Lebanese Civil War in the early 1980s as a militia of Shia followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini, trained, organized and funded by a contingent of Iranian Revolutionary Guards
Since the Supreme Leader of Iran is the ultimate clerical authority, Hezbollah's leaders have appealed to him "for guidance and directives in cases when Hezbollah's collective leadership [was] too divided over issues and fail[ed] to reach a consensus." After the death of Iran's first Supreme Leader, Khomeini, Hezbollah's governing bodies developed a more "independent role" and appealed to Iran less often.
Hezbollah was found in a time when the sectarian war was devouring Lebanon. Your source says:
"Although Hezbollah originally aimed to transform Lebanon into an Islamic republic, this goal has been abandoned. Nasrallah has been quoted as saying, "We believe the requirement for an Islamic state is to have an overwhelming popular desire, and we're not talking about fifty percent plus one, but a large majority. And this is not available in Lebanon and probably never will be.""
Hezbollah is the only resistance Lebanon has against the Israeli threat. That's why it's very popular amongst all Lebanese "It holds 14 of the 128 seats in Lebanon's Parliament" same source.
But here's the real reason why Roy hates Hezbollah:
"...Hezbollah's spokesperson Hassan Ezzedin, however, had this to say about an Israeli withdrawal from Sheba Farms:
"If they go from Shebaa, we won't stop fighting them. ... Our goal is to liberate the 1948 borders of Palestine, ... The Jews who survive this war of liberation can go back to Germany or wherever they came from. However, that the Jews who lived in Palestine before 1948 will be 'allowed to live as a minority and they will be cared for by the Muslim majority.""
PS the Israelis are still occupying Shebaa.
Ahhhh its been so long since I sore Programmer Craig and his team of middle-easterner bashers abusing some poor Arab for feeling mistreated by US foreign policy that I was almost feeling warm and fuzzy inside!@!!!
Won't you people go and spend some time making the world a better place instead of plaguing it with the foul shit coming from your mouths?
and by "sore" I refer to the hurt it causes my eyes to see it in action.
Great post.
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