christiane amanpour on "barbara ann"

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

from u of mich commencement speech 2006

http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Vid/ca_sprcom06


snip:


And then, when I was about 20, a revolution hit my country and overnight we were strangers in our own homeland. We lost everything...home, possessions and people. We watched in horror as our friends and family members were arrested, jailed, tortured and some even executed. My world and my worldview turned upside down.

But I quickly decided to turn loss and failure into my driving force. And I would say, never be afraid of failure or loss. Use it.

Nearly 30 years ago, like so many refugees, I came here. to America. where I had heard and I had read that if you have a dream, if you have a goal, if you work hard, you can make your way in this world.

And I loved every hard-won step along the way. I loved being at the University of Rhode Island in the United States, where I learned so much about American values and culture. I got only slightly miffed, only slightly upset, when, to the tune of "Barbara Ann," fellow students would sing "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran." Let's hope that that song doesn't become popular here again.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. Deja vu for Amanpour. nt

[iamjoy]

2. When We "Hate" A Nation

because of its ruler and ignore the fact that many of its people may dislike/disagree with that ruler but be powerless to stop him...we are no different than anyone hating Americans because of what George W. Bush has done.

Of course, I'm preaching to the choir here. Most DUers are smart enough to realize that most Iranians don't really hate America.

[katsy]

5. After 6 years of *bush foreign policy...

hate seems to be our #1 export.

Mission accomplished.

[AnnInLa]

3. Idiots don't see the PEOPLE inside Iran

In their little minds, it's like bombing the map of Iran, not people. They should be forced to watch the films of the suffering and death and destruction as bombs fell during WWII and Vietnam.

[ellenfl]

4. never mind iran, they see iraqis as totally disposable. eom