Blog #13 war

I read an article on the Star Tribune website about Iraq. This article doesn't tell much about the war the but more about the side affects from the war. Their were so many killings there and so many people being lost, things started to change. Since so many people were being killed I guess they forgot about the dogs? Iraq has over populated dogs, now they are killing stray dogs. The article says people are hunting them down and killing them, slaughtering some 10,000 in Baghdad since December. They people are shouting "Give us clean water instead of killing dogs!" This makes much sense because later in the article a women says, "The dogs are not harming us, the water is." Most people in Iraq still lack the most basic services such as sewage system and potable water. This issue is a lot more meaningful and bigger then their issue of dogs. I don't understand why they would go around killing dogs if they are doing no harm. I understand that the dogs may not have food and could be hard to take care of and it might just be even a nice way of letting them go. But I think this just shows Iraq's lack of focus. After the war they were very run down, and now they are focusing on killing stray dogs instead of the health of their people? That seems a little off. I know we tried to help Iraq but they didn't really want it. I still think we could give it a try because we have it so much better here then they do. I think Iraq just really needs to focus on what needs to be done for their country instead of worrying about the little things, which thought will come into play sometime. But for now they need to grow strong and healthy.

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http://www.startribune.com/world/41262122.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr