How Long Will They Suffer?

Dr. Said Hakki, a physician who is president of the Red Crescent, asked the question that many ask but no one has an answer to.

"How could a human let human beings suffer so much for so long?"

He was discussing a report about to be released by the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization on the massive displacement of Iraqis brought about by military operations and sectarian violence in their country.

The report will show that nearly two million Iraqis, a million of them in Baghdad alone, have fled their homes and moved to other neighborhoods or regions, sometimes two or three times, in search of safety and security. This number is in addition to the estimated two million Iraqis who have fled the country entirely.

But whether they are internally displaced or have fled the country, most have left everything behind and are struggling to survive day to day.

How long will they suffer?

Perhaps the best solution to the Iraq crisis would be for all the outsiders to just leave, starting with the Americans, and let Iraqis put their country back together on their own. Consider this...

"Just last week within Baghdad itself, a Sunni tribe of 250 families that lived in Dora, one of the most violent neighborhoods, was forced to flee. Rather than going to an area where they would be with others of their sect, they went to their neighbors to the south, in Abu Dshir, a Shiite area. They were welcomed by the local tribe and given places to stay in people's homes."

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