By Patrick Frey Patrick Frey runs a blog called Patterico's Pontifications (www.patterico.com).
August 21, 2005
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Also missing is the perspective of Iraqis who lost loved ones to the bloodthirsty reign of Saddam Hussein, during which 300,000 to 1 million civilians were slaughtered. An Iraqi named Mohammed at the blog Iraq the Model (iraqthemodel.blogspot.com) recently explained the importance of that fact, in a moving message addressed to Sheehan: "Your face doesn't look strange to me at all; I see it every day on endless numbers of Iraqi women who were struck by losses like yours. Our fellow countrymen and women were buried alive, cut to pieces and thrown in acid pools and some were fed to the wild dogs….
"I ask you in the name of God or whatever you believe in; do not waste your son's blood."
Sheehan probably would gain more from a single meeting with Mohammed than a second meeting with Bush. Times readers also would benefit from occasional exposure to perspectives such as Mohammed's — as well as the missing facts about Sheehan's antiwar activism.
Major kudos to this reporter for mentioning 'Iraq The Model' blog in his piece. If folks read that on a daily basis their perceptions on what's actually happening in Iraq will be changed to a more positive opinion.
Roger that ...