The UK is so hosed. And the US is catching up

[Olsen]

I lost my birth country forever when I was 7 years old. I lost 400 years of my family history, family members and every possibility of ever returning. The US. was kind enough to grant 250,000 of us political asylum, permanent residence and citizenship. We got here with nothing except the clothes on our backs. We were able to live the American dream in 1971 I was drafted, survived, met the all American girl raised 8 kids.

You obviously do not understand how close we came to the edge. The suspension of all rules and freedoms in the name of National security is the first step towards moving to suspension of the constitution. It is still unknown how many American citizens are or were detained in-comunicado for no reason. I will always remember the day armed "Revolutionaries" broke down our door brandishing machine guns. The horror on my mothers face when I whipped out my toy six shooter at them.

For most of recent history the United States of America was looked on by the world as the moral leader, the country that most of the time did the right thing and the defender of the weak. We lost our way and became the school yard bully, ignoring all rules and refusing to provide any information on just about everything. In the past the US. has sheltered those innocents that were displaced or put in harms way because of our actions. We have done no such thing for the Iraqis. Oh by the way in case you missed the memo, Americans do not torture. I earned my right to be here what about you!

Well put!

The Iraqis? They are here in Scandinavia.

There are more Iraqi refugees in Sweden than in USA. Far more! And. Just any taxi driver in Oslo, Norway, are from Iraq. Taking a haircut you can't around the Iraqi's. They, girls and boys, have taken over 'hair dressing business' for large parts of the city. Some Iraqis here work in the profitable oil industry. They have the needed experience, you see. A well known 'advisor' at our Department of Oil and Energy is from Iraq. He is frequently in the news telling us, - in perfect Norwegian, about oil our production. There was this TV program about a prominent Iraqi dentist here. He runs a profitable dental business close to Oslo's 5th Avenue; Carl Johan. In his spare time he also do dental work for prisoners in Norwegian jails. For free...