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21 de Junio, 2007
Disposable Heroes
Categorized under Gobierno | Tags: borders, hypocrisy
DISPOSABLE HEROES, the title of a song I used to love, is an apt name for the young men and women we insist die for the United States' wars of imperialism and aggression.
June 17, 2007 —
The U.S. military's announcement this weekend that it recovered the ID cards of two American soldiers provided some hope to one family.
Gordon Dibler, stepfather of missing Pvt. Byron Fouty, 19, from Michigan, said the family holds on to the idea he still may be alive.
'It's exciting, but I'm pulled both ways, of course,' Dibler said on "Good Morning America Weekend Edition" from Madison Heights, Mich.
After a gunfight in Samarra June 9 in which two Americans were wounded, they burst into what's been described as an al Qaeda safe house to find the ID cards of two soldiers who have been missing for over a month.
The second card belonged to Spc. Alex Jiminez, 25, of Kansas.
Alex Jiminez is still missing and feared captured or dead. If dead, he leaves behind a wife, whose name is Yaderlin. Yaderlin is right now the target of a deportation action. So, while her husband is out there occupying a land to (supposedly) protect the USA, the USA is making an effort to attack Alex's family.
The ripe fumes and gaseous justice that waft above the fruited plain.
Yaderlin Jimenez, like her husband, is a native of the Dominican Republican [sic], but she entered the U.S. illegally prior to marrying him in 2004. She has been listed for deportation despite being married to a naturalized U.S. citizen because she did not apply for a green card.
Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, petitioned for a green card when he was home on leave from Iraq.
Their lawyer, Matthew Kolken, says that while Yaderlin, who is 22, wouldn’t normally be eligible for a green card, her husband was seeking a hardship waiver for her.
—Iraq: A Sad Story Grows Sadder Still, themoderatevoice.com
But at least the windsurfing Frenchman gives a damn:
BOSTON (AP) - Senator John Kerry has asked federal immigration officials to allow the wife of a Massachusetts soldier missing in Iraq to remain in the United States.In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Kerry said the grief and stress being felt by Yaderlin Hiraldo should not be compounded by worries about her immigration status. [...]
In his letter, Kerry urged that no action be taken against Hiraldo while her husband remains missing.
—Report: wife of missing Mass. soldier facing deportation, eyewitnessnewstv.com
You know? Let's do things in the proper order.
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Comentarios (6)
b. medusa dijo:
that's so f*cked. what, its ok to deport her once they know he's dead?
mutha f*ckas.
Palabras por b. medusa spat forth on el 21 de Junio, 2007 at 08:10 AM
Rafael dijo:
Yep, read the article and no a single word about the "other" missing soldier. Isn't that all nice and considerate! I mean you can't get invited to O'Reilly court unless you blame everything on them "illegals" now can you.
Palabras por Rafael spat forth on el 21 de Junio, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Kyle de Beausset dijo:
Check out the post Duke wrote on this issue.
Palabras por Kyle de Beausset spat forth on el 21 de Junio, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Vox dijo:
I just read about this at Standing FIRM. This is seriously messed up.
Palabras por Vox spat forth on el 21 de Junio, 2007 at 01:28 PM
protected static dijo:
Good-ish news: it looks like Kerry's letter paid off, at least for now.
Palabras por protected static spat forth on el 22 de Junio, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Sarah dijo:
That is truly screwed up, it is hillarious to see our country so intent on deporting someone who's husband went to fight for this country to which his wife isn't even allowed to be a part of. The United States has offered several immigrants the chance to become U.S. Citzens if they only go to fight in Iraq, but who would want to fight for a country that is continually turning their backs on the people. Hypocrites, It is good in one aspect that Kerry and the Judge were able to hold off on her deportation proceedings, but what happens if her husband turns up dead, will the country go, woops, sorry I guess you have to go home now. Wouldn't the woman already have paid enough by losing her husband for a country that doesn't even care about him. It's totally disgusting, it makes me sick. I say they should let her stay, and not even bring up the question to anyone else in a similar situation, ever again.
Palabras por Sarah spat forth on el 25 de Junio, 2007 at 02:02 PM