Posted on 09/15/2007 6:17:24 PM PDT by SandRat
Amed Mamood is from Iraq. He's not Arab, but Kurdish. He came to the U.S. 26 years ago as a graduate student. He earned a PhD and has owned the Sunrise Café for the last nine years.
He watched the president's address and feels the same way he always has: in support of President Bush.
"A part of this war is fighting terrorism. If we don't stop them at that part of the world, they're going to end up in this country."
He left Iraq when he was 22 and believes it can be free, but not united under one leadership. "If they want to be stained by blood and fighting each other and killing each other, nobody can stop them."
Amed believes the troops need to stay in Iraq, "It's not a simple pack your suitcase and come back. That's not the reason they went over there and they will be there for a long time."
He acknowledges lives will be lost. Lance Corporal Robert Zurheide died when he was just 20 years old.
Over the phone, his father shares his thoughts...
"I don't care if you're republican or democrat. When your country is at war, you put your country as first and not your own political aspirations.
"People say they want the troops home well guess what they're going to come home a lot quicker if we all get behind them."
Bttt.
i guess that not all tv and news reporting out of tucson is 90 degrees to the left
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