from the dozens ive met, theyre very nice and friendly people who just want to have a normal life, most of them like america and what we stand for, and want to live like us, with freedom and safety. also most i have met are very intelegent, as most of them are fluent in arabic and english


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My next door neighbours for the longest time were Iraqi's, and they were the best neighbours I've had. I've dealt with Iraqi police trainee candidates (there is a forensic unit being created in Jordan at the Joint Police training facility), and they were very easy to talk to and deal with.

They are pretty much the same as most people. A lot of decent people with a couple of @!#$s that screw it up for the rest of them.



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GAM (The Kilted One) wrote:
They are pretty much the same as most people. A lot of decent people with a couple of @!#$s that screw it up for the rest of them.

Just like the rest of society. I don't think we give enough credit to people from the Middle East. People still belive in the "American Dream" even when some americans don't. Kinda ironic.

I have never met any Iraqi's personally. All I know is what I hear. One thing that I hear that sparks me though is that the Iraqi people are the most educated in the region... particularly before the first gulf war and sanctions. Isn't that true?




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I think they're like people anywhere that you may meet. Nationality and religion aren't an issue unless your prejudges.




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I've never met an Iraqi before but to me they seem like very passionate people. They believe in something so much that they are willing to die for it.

I have a friend in the army who is serving over in Iraq and he told me that the majority of the iraqis are very nice and welcome our presence. The kids love to come up and ask them for stuff and just hang out

^^^ I've heard that as well... Most Iraqis I've met that are fresh from th region are kinda fatalistic (They'll take out as many of the bad guys as they can if God wills it), but they're learning slowly that they have some control over the situations they get into.

Passionate I don't know about, but there were some very hot mid-eastern girls where I went to school.



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Well i think Most not all have very strong beliefs and i think it shows everytime we hear about a suicide bomber. It's too bad that there are so many conflicting opinions and groups over there otherwise we wouldnt hear so much about the suicide bombers .

Besides that one guy that always calls me at 8am from some place with an area code of "718" they're cool with me. But really I get that call every other day and I could hear his accent when he speaks to me and you just know he's from some where from the middle east, he keeps on waking me up in the morning, I hate that. But all in all I've have plenty of professors that are from Iraq and Pakistan and they're all cool with me, the people I seem to meet also happen to be very funny.

It's good to hear the positives and not the negatives. Yes, there are bad people over here, trust me I see them. Before I was deployed to Iraq, I heard all the stories about how you always have to watch you back and that they are all out to kill every american. Now that I am here, have been for 4 months now, I have see through the "crap" and gotten over my insecurites with them. For the most part they are good people. They work had, are mostly in poverty - around my area at least, and are not very educated. This very well may be a regional status quo, but these are my experiances.

Would I trust them with my weapon, no! Would I give some rations to a hungry person standing in the street, yes. That is a doubled edged sword too, since they know that the soldiers have food and they, especially small children, run into the road in front of convoys and get hit with very big trucks or try to steal MRE's off of the trucks and get shot (not due to the loss of food/supplies, but they could be dropping off explosives in the back of the truck).

In the CSH, I treat more civilians then I do soldiers, and I take a great deal of pride in that. One, that means that there are less and less Americans wounded or KIA, and two, I am giving these people something they have never had before. Health care. A simple infection is a life or death stuggle out in the desert. You should see how grateful they are for the simplest treatments. I have had people walk 20km back to where they live, get me a gift, and walk 20km back to show their gratitude. It's hard to tell someone that you can't take it after that (We aren't allowed to take gifts - ethics).

Most of the people I have been around love America for what we have done for them. Many still will not say Saddam's name. It is like a dirty word. I had my doubts about this war going into it, but I am glad to be over here making a differance for these people.

Anyways, I'm glad to hear that the stigma that surrounds this place is wearing off.




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