In case you didn’t catch this on the evening news, Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi, Iraq’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, recently spoke at a ceremony to honor American mothers for the sacrifices their sons and daughters have made for his country.
“We were a country without hope,” Istrabadi said. “The intervention of the United States in my country has been a lifeline for us. It has restored hope for us that our future will be very different from our past.”
Hearing laughter in Iraq’s streets again and no longer feeling the need to cringe when admitting their heritage is part of what America’s intervention has given back to his country, he said.
“These are not small things. These are things for which this country, and you as individuals and your children, have earned our tremendous gratitude,” Istrabadi said. “Words of thanks truly seem to me to be insufficient to convey to you the thanks of a country, a grateful nation, which has lingered too long under tyranny.”
Iraq’s gratitude to the United States and the families who have sacrificed personally “will be eternal,” he said.
America is likewise eternally grateful for the sacrifices your sons and daughters have made for our continued freedoms. This We’ll Defend. Sgt Hook out.
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