  One of the saddest things in this country (Iraq) is that the people have NO clue what freedom of anything is. Yes they are proud and are slowly learning not to behave so subserviently, but the last 300 or so years have been under a tyrant or colonial rule. This hits close to home for me because my family escaped Cuba and ran at all speed to the U.S. starting in 1959 The last of my family came in 1981.
So helping these people begin their lives and nation anew is very exciting and depressing. Depressing because I see Americans not aware of their fortune in this world. The poorest person in America has food, a home, electricity, most have cars. Here they live in 1,000 year old husks of buildings, have raw sewage running in the street, barefoot(not by choice) 2 year old children, and a class of terrorist that kills 100 civilians to soldiers killed. So what is my complaint, you are to comfortable. You complain about the drive-thru, the cable TV reception, can't find your damn $150 sneakers in blue, and voting. Dozens of countries around the world have had revolutions to do the same thing you complain about doing once a year.
I can bet most of you would not die for the right to vote. But you bitch all day about Bush, Clinton, Nixon (most of you don't know what he did), the economy, the environment (come see how others treat their nations resources), and the war. I haven't seen many of you here. An uninformed choice is no choice. How can you talk about a place or an experience that you have never experienced. I had a t-shirt when I was in Korea that said "Korea, if you ain't been there SHUT THE FUCK UP. " Everyone will tell you how bad Korea is and have never been there.
Before you start to complain or talk about something get all sides. I swear to god when I get home the first person I hear complain about not having enough ice in their Coke is getting laid out. You people better start looking at he rest of the world and seeing how lucky you all are or you will wind up like this place. Do we as Americans have the right to complain, of course, that's part of our revolution. But seeing a dead child from a terrorists car bomb will make you reassess how much ice you really need in that drink. 
