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Nearly 700 children and young people were killed in the last five months.
The report warns that Iraq's children are being abandoned as international donors "sign up to the view that the mission has been accomplished".
The UK Department for International Development (DfID) pulled out of Iraq in 2012, and global development assistance fell by $19bn (£12.2bn) between 2005 and 2011, according to War Child.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22366451
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)... never mind the rest of this negativeness.
As a guy who spent 13 months there in 2004, I take a lot of this very personally. As Americans, we are very fortunate that we don't have to worry about having a war like the one we inflicted on Iraq perpetrated on us by a foreign power.
I am so sorry for the part that I played in the war and, although it is a huge part of my identity, I feel mostly shame and guilt for what I did. At some point I'm going to have to come to terms with this, but I have no idea what I'm going to tell my daughters about my military service when she figures out that I was in the Army. Invariably kids will ask "did you ever have to fight in a war?" and if I say that I did the next question will be "did you ever kill anyone?". I'd imagine the next question after that would be "you only killed bad people, right?" or "were they bad people?". The problem and the thing is I don't think they were bad people. The guys who were fighting me were doing so because they thought they were doing the right thing for their families and communities and that is a feeling of duty that I can identify with and respect. So no, they weren't bad people. The guys who actually fight the wars like me aren't usually bad people. The people who lead us into these wars are the bad people.
Anyways, I'm getting way off the point of the OP here. Iraq is a pitiful shameful mess.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)but the lack of comments I see about stories like this totally sickens me. Maybe it is all too close and personal to me and I'm too stuck in the past, but the war in Iraq is something that we should all be outraged about. Instead, I get the feeling that most people feel only peeved at in a minor sort of way about the war and drop the issue. The pain and horror of the situation is quickly forgotten to most people.
Shit, and the people I know wonder why I say that I don't feel connected and emotionally distant from everyone....
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)from the community and also the lack of caring by many in the general public.
We have to resolve the past in order to move forward and those who experienced war first hand need more time. Thank you for your service and wishing you peace in the months and years to come.
moondust
(19,993 posts)Rachel Maddow did a good piece Wednesday on the Bush Lie-bury. She suggests that the underlying mission of the place is to convince people that invading Iraq was a good idea and that Iraq is better off now.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/51740971#51740971
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)United Nations says last month was Iraqs deadliest from violent attacks since June 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/united-nations-says-last-month-was-iraqs-deadliest-from-violent-attacks-since-june-2008/2013/05/02/cd4a6276-b30e-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html