Reply #17: I am one of those who posted...

[itzamirakul]

under your previous topic and I am one of those who said that Ms. Hassan should have gotten out when she had the chance.

We are not all going to agree with each other all the time. Sometimes we have to have an open mind even when another person's response is in direct opposite to our own opinion.

In the previous topic you jumped all over me, attacking and accusing me of thinking that all Muslims should get out of the US, when I wrote nothing of the kind. I think you are reading more into some of these posts than is actually meant. At least, I know that you did in my case. And I really feel bad about that, because I am quite sympathetic to Ms. Hassan's plight, just as you are.

I felt that with fighting going on so desperately and with so many strangers coming into the area who did not know Ms. Hassan and her wonderful, valuable work, she was knowingly putting herself in harm's way. If that was ok with her then we should honor her for it and understand that she probably understood the possibility of becoming a victim.

To my way of thinking, it would have been wiser to leave and live to return and perform her humanitarian services some other day. War is no longer like it was when Florence Nightengale and her nurses were able to serve so valiantly on the battlefields. Even the UN has had to pull out of the worst areas. Does this bid ill for the poor injured and maimed Iraqis left behind? Yes, it certainly does, but now Ms. Hassan is unable to help them at all.