Reply #8: A post from 2007 with bitter overtones. [View All]

[madfloridian]

"Thursday, April 26, 2007 - "The Great Wall of Segregation..."


…Which is the wall the current Iraqi government is building (with the support and guidance of the Americans). It's a wall that is intended to separate and isolate what is now considered the largest 'Sunni' area in Baghdad


The wall, of course, will protect no one. I sometimes wonder if this is how the concentration camps began in Europe. The Nazi government probably said, "Oh look- we're just going to protect the Jews with this little wall here- it will be difficult for people to get into their special area to hurt them!" And yet, it will also be difficult to get out.


The Wall is the latest effort to further break Iraqi society apart.


I remember Baghdad before the war- one could live anywhere. We didn't know what our neighbors were- we didn't care. No one asked about religion or sect. No one bothered with what was considered a trivial topic: are you Sunni or Shia?


On a personal note, we've finally decided to leave.


It's difficult to decide which is more frightening- car bombs and militias, or having to leave everything you know and love, to some unspecified place for a future where nothing is certain."

http://open.salon.com/blog/steven_rockford/2010/02/03/what_happened_to_riverbend_the_girl_blogger_of_baghdad