Sunday, May 13, 2007
Happy Mothers Day, Georgie
As the nation marks what you like to call the "holiday" of Mothers Day, did you give any thought to the mothers of the 5 soldiers killed in the ambush yesterday? Did you think of the mothers of the 3 missing soldiers? Or the mothers of their children? Their mothers and those of the 3300+ who preceded them, can you console them with the knowledge that anyone who died for your benefit didn't die in vain? Can you restore the joy of their lives to them? Maybe you could ask your BFF Jesus to do you a favor. Wouldn't that be a wonderful Mothers Day gift? Did you even think of your own mother? No, I didn't think so. But hey, I have an idea that should work gangbusters for you. Why don't you bring Mothers Day to Iraq? It would mean so much more to them than dumb old democracy and the world would see what a wonderful guy you really are. Then you could fill your favored newspuppies with good stories instead of stuff like this.
Every day, dozens of families line up at the [National Iraqi Assistance Center where families search US records for missing relatives], a collection of slate-gray trailers inside a fortified blast wall. They clutch the photographs and identification papers of their loved ones. There's a quiet solidarity among these broken families.
Kereem watched once as security guards turned away a frail woman in her 60s from entering the center, apparently for not having the proper identification. The woman, who was holding a cheap homemade sack, broke down in tears as she told the guards she was looking for her son.
Kereem asked for the son's papers so that she could look for him in the system. The guards wouldn't allow it - only immediate family members can search the records, they said - and the woman was left outside in the sun, alone.
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