I rest my case regarding Americans......
Some of you may remember my staunch defense of America and it's people exemplified by comments such as:-
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What is really unfortunate though is that if you did cry out for help the chances are that the USA would come to your assistance, regardless of how you treated them in the past. WHY???? Because that's the kind of people they are. They see, understand and care about freedom, and they also try to help wherever they see that basic right being denied. They do not just sit back on their free butts and watch like so many in Europe..... They will come to your aid if your plight is egregious!!!!!
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Well, my local radio station brought the following to my attention this morning:-
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - What started as a prayer on the way to work has turned into a small miracle.
The night before, James Thornberry had seen a news story about a 15-year-old Iraqi girl who was burned during coalition forces bombing near her home.
"I kind of put myself in their place," the 54-year-old freight train conductor from Davisburg said. "How would I feel if my daughters had suffered those kinds of horrific injuries and I couldn't secure the help for them that they needed?"
Following nearly a month of persistent phone calls and e-mails, the girl, Hannan Shihab, is in Ann Arbor to be treated at the University of Michigan Hospitals' Trauma Burn Center.
No Iraqi hospitals were able to treat the extensive burns she received when a kerosene lamp near her bed overturned during the bombing raid.
The entire article is here
This kind of act typifies many Americans. This is not a wealthy man, the hospital does not have to treat her free of charge but they are helping where they can see it is needed.
This is a fine example of the "evil ones" many of you criticise so easily.......
How many of you have gone to this much effort to assist an Iraqi? Come to that, how many of you have even thought about assisting _any_ Iraqis?????
