The American Life "Two Wars"

In the video This American Life “Two Wars”, an Iraqi man came to the U.S to seek who is for or against the war. Many people who approached the booth titled “Talk to an Iraqi”, discussed what they knew about the war and what they thought the Iraqis wanted and needed, instead of actually asking him who could fulfill their answers. People also never compared the times between then and now. They weren’t as informed as they once were and didn’t care to be informed on the new news. What I didn’t understand was why people didn’t give the Iraqis in America a chance. Once they would see someone of that race, there would be automatic judgment. Not only why didn’t we give them a chance after few attacked us, but why did the U.S troops invade their land rather than attacking a few targets? Many people say they attacked their whole land because they were enemies. But how do they know who the enemy is and who the innocent are? One interviewee, Mike, a U.S Marine, commented they need to be “able to get rid of all terrorists” in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and he doesn’t feel bad at all. Not all Iraqis attacked the U.S, so not all Iraqis should be attacked by the U.S. The Iraqi interviewer says he now feels like he is looked at differently for living in the U.S. He sees that people in the U.S don’t have worries about what’s going on in Iraq. We live such “peaceful” lives to stop and worry about what’s going on in a country we “don’t get along with”. Although, not all the interviewees had no understanding; mothers, daughters and wives of soldiers were the most understanding of the war in Iraq because they know what it feels like to be away from their loved ones. Others said that the war makes it all okay because they are fighting for U.S “freedom.” I don’t agree with the war because how does it make it right that are we fighting for our freedom when we’re taking away someone else’s. Yes, Iraq attacked us and killed many loved ones, but that doesn’t mean we need to go attack their whole country killing all Iraqis.