Marhaba

I've been doing some more sight seeing on msnbc.com, and nothing really has changed. People still call for the US to just leave the Iraqis to kill each other. People still call Americans idiots, and people still think that Iraq was better under Saddam's rule.

For all who think that, I would like to recommend a book. It's called Mayada: Daughter of Iraq. Check it out some time and realize why Saddam was a cruel man who needed to be removed from power. It is a story of a single mother who lived and worked in Baghdad running her own printshop. Her printshop was one of the better around Baghdad. One morning when she got to the office, she was arrested for printing something against the government, a crime she was innocent of.

Read her story, and know that there are hundreds of thousands who have a similar story to tell. There is a saying, "It is always darkest before dawn"

Iraq was dark under Saddam's rule, and it is darker now. Perhaps it will get darker yet, but just remember, the sun rise is a beautiful thing to watch.