Dr. Dahlia Wasfi - WOW!

[proud2BlibKansan]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x5541

I heard this woman speak tonight at Camp Casey. OMG! She is AWESOME. Here is a link to her video posted here. Can't reply there (too old of a thread I guess) so I am just starting a thread here.

From her website:

In February 2004, I made a 19-day journey to Iraq. I flew to Jordan and made the 10-hour car ride to Baghdad, whose airport was (and is) controlled by our military. In Iraq’s capital, a year after the invasion, damage from bombing raids was omnipresent. Iraq had been liberated from electricity, security, and potable water. “Democracy” meant sewage in the streets, rolling blackouts, shooting, and explosions. Basrah was much the same, except that the damage appeared to be more extensive; this city had been destroyed during the Iran-Iraq and Gulf wars, and sanctions and neglect had thwarted rebuilding.

Despite the desperation, the novelty of a visit from an American cousin brought us all joy. Getting to know each other for the first time, my cousins and I were like little kids, giggling and joking, whether the electricity was working or not. My stay was short because of the unpredictability of a country without law and order. I had to return to Amman via Baghdad to make my flight home, but I promised my cousins I would return for a longer stay soon, we hoped, when things were better.

But conditions continued to deteriorate. Electricity and water became scarcer, as did jobs. Then, the horrors of Abu Ghraib came to light. Then, came the April 2004 siege, October 2004 assault, and November 2004 massacre in Fallujah. At that point, fearing for my safety amid the widespread anti-American sentiment, my family said, “Don’t come.” But after another year, with no end to the chaos in sight, we decided I would visit again, before the situation worsened.

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Life goes on in the hope that, one day, circumstances will improve. For now, however, they struggle. One cousin with an economics degree changes oil. Another with a degree in education stays at home. Still another with a biology degree is considering joining the police force.

Iraq is a country that my tax dollars have helped to destroy. Government officials reap profits from war. For example, nine out of 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, a Pentagon advisory group, had ties to companies that won more than $70 billion in defense contracts in 2001 and 2002. Meanwhile, ordinary families pay the price, from Iraq to Palestine to Southeast Asia to Latin America to the United States. My life has directed me to know my family; I would do anything for them. My medical career is on hold, so I can speak out on the realities of war and occupation. I have family in Iraq. You have family in Iraq. And Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Arlington Cemetery. New Orleans. Planet Earth.

What would you do for your family? What will you do?

http://www.liberatethis.com/about.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Her picture:

[babylonsister]

2. Thank you, proud. We don't talk nearly enough about what this damnable

war has done and continues to do to the Iraqis, and all in our name. :-(

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. This woman was just awesome!

Watch that video on her website.

[unhappycamper]

4. Thanks for the post, p2b

I'll be sending that URL around.

k&r

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I have watched it over and over

She is just incredible. She was in med school and quit. Now she is speaking out against the war. WOW she was just so impressive, I feel incredibly fortunate to have met her.