[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: born Americans, but in the wrong place

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born Americans, but in the wrong place
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1186608563.shtml


   [1]Wretchard at the Belmont Club comments on [2]Michael Totten'
   interview with "Hammer":

     The interpreter is a man who just won't fit and just won't bend.
     Some people may think that the interpreter is slightly addled or
     exaggerating. Personally, I don't think he's crazy because I think
     I have met the type, though not in so extreme a form, typically a
     smart, sassy guy unable to accept the cheap horrors and rewards of
     a distorted millieu. The guy who thinks there's something sad about
     the thin stripper gyrating on a plastic tabletop while the rest of
     his thuggish companions find it hugely titillating. The kind of guy
     who turns down the earnest offer to kill a Chinaman from a hitman
     friend because it's not his idea of fun. The kind of guy, who if
     you can believe it, actually finds an Army unit in wartime a sane
     and comforting environment. A man with the right kind of values in
     the wrong kind of world. The reader may not agree with all of
     Hammer's assertions, but if you amp them down some, ask yourself:
     how much of what he says would you expect to be true, given the
     history of Iraq?

   Go read [3]this unique report at MJT's and note that:

     Hammer is looking for employment in and permanent relocation to the
     United States for himself, his wife, and his son. If you can
     sponsor him for a Green Card and help save his family, email him at
     superlink_par at yahoo.com and superlink_70 at yahoo.com.

   [4]Yehudit comments that:

     I hope Iraq becomes a place where all these people (the ones still
     alive, anyway) can live in peace, but until them we owe them
     refugee status and it isn't happening. Lisa testified about it to a
     Senatorial panel.

     Also as long as I am on this topic let me plug the [5]Steven
     Vincent Foundation to assist families of local
     fixers/stringers/reporters who have been killed in war-torn areas.

   Steven Vincent's widow Lisa Ramaci has [6]spent the last 18 months
   campaigning for the rights of Iraqi refugees.

References

   1. http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/08/hammer.html
   2. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001502.html
   3. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001502.html
   4. http://www.keshertalk.com/
   5. http://www.stevenvincentfoundation.org/
   6. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/nyregion/04translate.html?ex=1341201600&en=29167f2ae758dbd7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss