Why Don't You Feel Sympathetic or Emotional About Terrorist Attacks in Iraq?

[Anonymous]

So, as an Iraqi myself I couldn't believe how unimportant we must be.

So many people die everyday in Iraq and Syria and why won't people change their profile pictures for us? Why won't they mention us in some hashtags? Why does nobody mention us in anything??

Why are people dying out of sympathy for the incidents that happened in Paris and Orlando?

#prayforparis

#stophomophobia

#prayfororlando

I can't believe this, is it because everyone thinks we created ISIS? Is it because everyone thinks we are ISIS?

I can tell you that about 99% of all the Iraqis fear ISIS, we hate them, we try to fight them and we're also scared of these monsters.

ISIS uses the Quran as their ''order to kill''.

kill all the non believers

That might be written in the Quran and i have to admit it but I have seen no Muslim that agreed with that phrase. It's about being a human being and no one who is normal would agree with killing people.

NOT TRYING to put muslims down in any way.

I read the Quran and I don't need anyone to jump to conclusions and tell me I'm quoting it wrong or whatever. I was raised with their culture and I like everyone equally.

I am a Christian by the way but that's another story.

We're one of ISIS number one targets and another ''Khufar'' (non believer) in their eyes.

But:

A huge amount of muslims also get killed because they don't follow their belief like the Islamic state wants them to.

Let's see what kind of incidents happened recently in Iraq...

July 4, 2016 :

More than 140 people died when a suicide car bomb blew up in a busy shopping street in central Baghdad in the early hours of Sunday, many burning to death as subsequent fires consumed cafes and stores in the Islamic State’s worst single attack on the Iraqi capital.

Dead: 142

Wounded: 212

August 3, 2016 :

An IED explosion today morning at Hor Rajab in Southern Baghdad, which was targeted on a patrol of al-Hashd al-Sha’abi

Dead: 1

Wounded: /

August 3, 2016 :

An official source in Anbar Province confirmed that dozens of civilians were killed in an aerial bombing carried out by military aircraft upon Qa’im near the Syrian borders.

Dead: 30

Wounded: 17

TWO of them happened just yesterday??? It happens everyday!

Everyone makes such a big deal out of everything but when it comes to Arabs and Muslims we're unnecessary and should not require help from anyone. There's no humanity.

I also like to mention refugees, people who want to live in a safe place and leave everything behind them, travel miles, live with the constant fear of getting deported and most of their family members stay at ''home''.

I talked to refugees at school and they were no older than 18 years old. They left their family behind and have to live on their own here. They are shy and feel out of place especially the girls.

I have to admit that if we wouldn't accept any refugees it'd be safe but how can you turn down people who want to live on? They can't do anything about the bastards that try to get in here and cause trouble.

Always remember that they want to live on like you want to.

[madhatters4]

i think primarily the media contributes to this. the attacks and events in other countries receive far more media attention than the events that happen in the middle east.

but everyone should feel definitely sympathy for innocent Iraqis who want a life like everyone else in the world but are being terrorized by the same radical groups

[madhatters4]

love to hear from the person who down voted my opinion, as to why they down voted it. sorry if you disagree with the truth

[ginny_weasley]

I do feel sorry. It's sad that the same people who say all lives matter, don't care about what's happening in the Middle East. #prayfortheworld #notjustforparis #notjustfororlando

[AEther]

because my county is the most awesome, and white people are better.. oh and also there's a magical guy in the sky that only likes people that read the same magical book about him that i read. [all said with bitter sarcasm]

it's a combination of things, firstly, basic tribalism, "us and them". which i theorise has an evolutionary purpose (that can and should be overcome) : simply put, the genetics of the group are more likely to survive if the group has trust and empathy for its collective self, and this is more practically applied with relative distrust and alienation of "them over there".
that's part of the seed of most racism and bigotry.

secondly, people don't really care about every murder that happens in distant lands as they would about one next-door, it's just not possible, we hear of horrific events all over the world constantly.
aside for not having made any connection to these people and thus having nothing to knowingly mourn or regret, we just don't have the capacity to empathise for everyone like we would about someone we have real care for. so we basically pick and choose who we "care" gets killed, and the media or an ideology helps us choose by telling us which ones are most sad, creating a cyclical pattern of grief or disinterest for certain topics.

so, the things that are least alien to our own lives are made more sad.
the reason iraq is so alien to "the west":
we (the west) have a shared culture in many ways, western culture is really just the descendant of christian feudal Europe, since america is a colony of Europe.
but iraq is of the muslim cultural branch. different alphabet, architecture, religious heritage (obviously) and (though i would guess/hope it to be less of an issue today) ethnicity, along with many more less definable elements.

despite being much less culturally diverted from our own than, for example, japan. the muslim world is still very much more "them over there". partly because our cultures have been at war for so long with us constantly "crusading" the levant for the last thousand years and such, and islam in general being (understandably) a little miffed.. but also it hasn't been made familiar and appreciated in the same way as the exotic orient or the wilds of africa.

so.. put all these things together, and then explain and perpetuate it with the statements of my opening sentence and you have your answer..

i'm not sure if you were looking for a literal answer.. much less such a rambling one. but there you go.

[AEther]

oh, by the way that was my answer assuming that "you" was plural.
if it was singular, meaning me specifically, then i'd say that i agree, i find it quite distasteful that people make such a cruel distinction.

[AEther]

agree with you i mean.

[NoFcks2Give]

As an American I can personally atest that most people here are fools of patriotism. Most Americans believe first world life has more value than others. It's stupidity at its finest. Past indifference, straight to blind arrogance. I love America for many things. As far as its populaces outlook... It's not much to look for there. Outside of entertainment or a very limited concept of our own economy, American's don't know much else, this is the main reason for the fear the "silent majority" has. This level of idiocy seems harmless on the surface, but it trickles down to our voting process. Which seems simply like how democracy works. Go deeper. Our votes select leaders that have influence in global economic systems. Most Americans can't name terririst groups outside of ISIS. I've nearly come to tears watching people trying to find the bodies of their loved ones under pieces of concrete and metal. Trust, many Americans, especially educated and intellectual blacks and hispanics feel your pain. You're being oppresed. Part if that means a large group if people that go unaffected simply dont care. These are lesser individuals, that live to serve a system they don't even understand. They bought in, and if there's any shift. They fall to fear. Be safe. Look out for your family, and most importantly forgive the ignorant.

[NedfromtheNed]

Why would a western media outlet devote an equal amount of time to an event occurring in the east as it would one in the west? It wouldn't be good for viewership.
It is unfortunate the things that happen in our world today.
If you truly are looking for something to blame, look at what you are reading this very reply off of. Look at your television. Look at your radio, if you even have one.
These devices have not done as they were intended to: they have made us more artificial and distanced us.
"A man sits down in a hotel dinning room. He eats his breakfast and watches the news. Along the bottom scroll bar he sees a headline reporting the massacring of thousands of people in Iraq at the hands of ISIS. He is not phased.
A name and a face flash across the screen, a local policeman was shot and killed the prior night. It pans across his house to show the bullet holes in the exterior siding. Meanwhile, bullet casings in the street are being analyzed by investigators. The event that happens next week will be the fiftieth drive by shooting of the year.
The name of the fallen officer nor of the population being systematically killed will be forgotten by the time he sits down for lunch and sees the new news real. "

The truth of the matter is that these massacres have always occurred, but it is the fact that we are being constantly bombarded by such news that we are not affected by it. Had this been 1890, people would be impacted more by such events because they would be heard of or seen but once in a lifetime at most.

Welcome to the digital age, where life is meaningless and every person a statistic.

[myTake Owner]

because the west took part in it and is to blame for.

[NedfromtheNed]

What is this in reference to?

[willow74]

I don't mention them on the Internet, because most people don't care online. I mention it in real life conversation, so that it becomes personal and has more of an impact on the people that I speak with about it. My dad works with a man who is an Iraqi refugee. He invited him on a family outing, and my entire family got to meet him, shake his hand, hear his stories, and then spend time with him like he belonged to the family. We spent the entire day canoeing on the river and laughing together. It was the first time hed experienced such a thing. He said he'd only seen such scenery in movies. He's around my age, and if I wasn't already in a relationship, I'd have asked him out that day. That being said, the stories that he had to tell about his home, his family, and the tragedies he had been through broke my heart and allowed me some insight into that part of the world. Yes, I am very sympathetic toward people like him and people like you, who only want to do their best in life but are held back because of a war that my country started and that I'm powerless to stop. The only thing that I have the power to do to try and change people's minds, is to share with them the stories that he shared with me and hope that it affects them in the same way.

[springocelot]

I used to have Iraqi boyfriend from Basra and I know how much they hate ISIS. One of his close friends in the army got killed fighting ISIS and I felt really bad.

At the same time, I've lived with muslims long enough to know that they are fatalists by nature. Time and time again, I have seen seemingly well-meaning muslims let their more religious and fanatical "brothers and sisters" in the faith walk all over them without objection. That's how such messes are created, because there is no bottom-up opposition. So anything bad that happens to a muslim by another muslim, they just chalk it up to fate.

I also believe such things are happening because most people don't understand islamic mentality. They operate by fear and respect fear. And the best way to strike fear is by being extremely authoritarian. That's why if you notice, most muslim-majority countries have authoritarian forms of government because that is the only form that can strike fear in the hearts of religious crazies from going out of control.

[posted]

I don't get that bothered by them anywhere really, it's become a norm unfortunately now, very few things are stupider than strapping an explosive to yourself in my opinion. Obviously people will care more about their country, maybe some similar ones. Middle east has a lot of constant killings going on their as well so it's not as 'abnormal'. A lot of it is what the media decides to run with, though it's also determined by what people want to see. Anyway I don't see what sympathy does, people on facebook tinting their pictures red white and blue is the equivalent of me having a bowl of cereal... (Google trends show it only lasted a few days as well before it completely dropped off) It just shows that people are paying attention to the cult of fuck ups. Also it really does seem like another world, just trying to imagine a group of retards wildly firing assault rifles around in a town and taking it over is just crazy when you think of it in terms of North America. If something like that happened here (even for a few horus before the military slaughtered them), everyone would go nuts. There? It's really more of a 'norm'. Different culture, far away is a big part of it. A bombing happening where the movement originated from, in contrast to someones 'backyard' will always be less scary and relevant to them.

[WoOolfy]

hahahahahaah yeaaaah... Wanna now why? Because people are brain washed, they believe what they are told to believe ^^

Personally I don't feel sorry for any of the countries that were attacked cause they were asking for it. Yes I feel sorry for all the dead people but ALL mean ALL as for Iraq and other Islamic countries as well.

For me what's happening isn't a surprise I was waiting for this cause all this time I was wondering Iraq and other countries are being attacked mainly by America and other countries helping America soo Iraq is still silent about it why don't they attack back? Cause I know they can... aaaaand finally! They said "enough". Aaaand now all the brain washed people are getting more against You all. It's sick cause as You said there are NEVER news about children killed in Iraq, civil being victims of the attack out there, no minute of silent for You... So for me France and other countries don't deserve a minute of silent either. I'm talking about innocent people that don't have nothing to do with the game wars that our lovely politicians are playing. PLUS this are not time of wars, all countries have their borders settled why do You need war with another country? One answer politics and their hunger for money and power.

AND if someone doesn't get my thinking? It's simple, if would be a ruler of a country and he got attacked, kill my people? Not a war on neutral grounds but in my lands were my people live no? I would bring a blood bath to the countries attacking.

I cry for all or I don't cry for anyone.

[Snarkymalarkey]

I think we should take as many refugees as possible. We should show them what freedoms OF and also FROM religion are and teach them to appreciate and respect individuality, something they've probably seen very little of.

As for all the terrorist attacks on the Middle East I feel awful for the senseless violence and loss of innocent life, but this in my opinion is the fruits of Islam, the fear and hatred of education, the oppression of the individual specifically their sexuality and choice in their own bodies and lives. yeah the west has problems too, but I'd rather deal with Tmz and tumblr femnazis over being forced to walk around in a bag in a bombed out desert.

I just think the rest of the world has progressed so much that the Middle East is never going to catch up. If I we're a betting woman, which I am, I'd say that annexation and dissolution of middle eastern countries is a real possibility in this century. I'm not saying it's any specific persons fault or that being Muslim is what the problem is, I'm saying that Islam as a whole just outright rejects what's important in the world today and now its inadeqacies are really showing.

[jacquesvol]

Why Don't You Feel Sympathetic or Emotional About our past own Terrorist Attacks in Iraq?
Starving half a million children first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0uvgHKZe8

The horrible graph:
https://oi39.tinypic.com/3466tt1.jpg

https://www.unicef.org/newsline/99pr29.htm

www.justforeignpolicy.org/images/iraqdeaths.gif
www.BBC.co.uk/.../bush.shtml
Bombing and invading, killing

I'm not sure 'madman Saddam' killed as many as the people who removed him.
Iraq has about as many inhabitants as Texas. Imagine a bunch of Arabs killing that many Texans.
How many Arab capitals would we nuke?

[jacquesvol]

When terrorists attack, they’re terrorizing. When we attack, we’re retaliating. When they respond to our retaliation with further attacks, they’re terrorizing again. When we respond with further attacks, we’re retaliating again.

When people decry civilian deaths caused by the U. S. government, they’re aiding propaganda efforts. In sharp contrast, when civilian deaths are caused by bombers who hate America, the perpetrators are evil and those deaths are tragedies.

When they put bombs in cars and kill people, they’re uncivilized killers. When we put bombs on missiles and kill people, we’re upholding civilized values.

When they kill, they’re terrorists. When we kill, we’re striking against terror.

At all times, Americans must be kept fully informed about who to hate and fear. When the United States found Osama bin Laden useful during the 1980s because of his tenacious violence against the Soviet occupiers in Afghanistan, he was good, or at least not bad — but now he’s really bad.

[jacquesvol]

No matter how many times they’ve lied in the past, U. S. officials are credible in the present. When they vaguely cite evidence that the bombed pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum was making ingredients for nerve gas, that should be good enough for us.

Might doesn’t make right — except in the real world, when it’s American might. Only someone of dubious political orientation would split hairs about international law.

When the mass media in some foreign countries serve as megaphones for the rhetoric of their government, the result is ludicrous propaganda. When the mass media in our country serve as megaphones for the rhetoric of the U. S. government, the result is responsible journalism.

fair.org/.../

[QuestionMan]

Why?
Because they're not a part of the West.
It's one thing to see France get attacked since they're a part of the West and a Western country doesn't get attacked that often, unlike Pakistan, Iraq and Syria who face terrorist attacks quite often.
You can't ask for the same sympathy from the West for a region that isn't a part of the West. People are always going to care about those that they have some connection to or resemblance to, more than someone from a strange land.

Just as you I'm sure would care more about a cousin of yours getting robbed than some guy in Guatemala getting robbed.

[Hotsoup]

Innocent civilians are dying. We are all human and we should feel sympathetic toward other human regardless of their geographic location and their race.

[QuestionMan]

@Hotsoup We should but we don't if it doesn't impact us in any way.

[Ghassan]

So, no equality in this case? the western mentality is always not good.

[QuestionMan]

@Ghassan We care about our own as I'm sure you care about your own.
You can't demand sympathy from others.

[Ghassan]

I get your point, but it's because the American culture is such a pain in the ass saying they are protecting the country and that they want world peace and equality and all that shit, then they terror Iraq and steal their oil. Of course I can go on and on about their crimes, but the thing is it's how they talk about great stuff and then do exactly the opposite, it's not about sympathy, it's about reproach.

[QuestionMan]

@Ghassan I'm just glad that my country Canada didn't go into Iraq. Man was I wrong about that war. I was a neocon back then.

[WalterRadio]

@Hotsoup
They are not innocent if they are letting terrorists live among them.

[QuestionMan]

@WalterRadio Dude that's like saying if someone you knew got shot in a drive it was their fault for not actively looking into criminal activity in their area and hunting them down.

[WalterRadio]

No, it is more like all Germans were responsible for WWII because they allowed their government to wage war.

Iraq is not a case of isolated terrorists trying merely to kill people for no good reason. There is a civil war going on, and there are sympathizers who refuse to fight the terrorists.

It is also a lot like the southside of Chicago, Detroit, and Baltimore. Everyone living in those very dangerous neighborhoods are responsible for the violence because they refuse to turn in their "little angel, Michael", who just robbed someone or "sweet ol' Dewayne" for being a felon in possession of a gun.

[QuestionMan]

@WalterRadio Would you be able to turn over your kid to the cops?
That's a pretty tough call.

[WalterRadio]

"Would you be able to turn over your kid to the cops?"
One has to do what one has to do.

I've had to make tough calls before.

[the_rake]

@QuestionMan

It makes sense by your logic e. g. for a British guy like me to care about France bombings but geographically an American or a Canadian like yourself is actually not that close to France, so why should you care more about France than Iraq? Anyway, just because we're all part of the same western culture, I don't personally know or am connected to anyone that died in the France terrorist attacks. I just wish we gave more credence to attacks that happen in other cultures as well.

Obviously somewhere like Iraq or Syria face attacks very commonly, however we could certainly report and show our condolences towards, some of the bigger attacks that happen, e. g. once a year or so.

[QuestionMan]

@the_rake It's not about the geography but the culture.
There was a terrorist attack in Australia and that's pretty far from me.
Australians have a similar culture, the same liberal values and are a part of the West.
Iraq and Syria have terrorist attacks every week if not more often. These countries have absolutely no connection to us whatsoever.

Sure they're people too, but their problems need to be solved by them, just as Western countries solve their own and don't ask for sympathy from other countries.

[waspcreative]

Most opinions here are pretty inaccurate.

The reason is very very simple and has to do with our primal instincts. Like most other things in life really.

The closer you are a place or person, the more you'll feel.

I don't care that much about Iraq it's too far away.
Europe? Now it raises an eyebrow, we're geographically and culturally closer.
My country? Now I'm gonna be even more paranoid.
My city? Uh oh...
My neighborhoor, now I'd be pretty scared.
My friends? :(
My family? :( :( :(

____
Similarily, which do you care most about? Your friend get shot, someone got shot in your neighborhood or if someone got shot in another country? Obviously the ranking is friend, neighboor, country.

There is no need to overthink things like this. Islam, media, all of that don't matter and has nothing to do with why people don't care. It's much more simpler than that. It's our genetics and survival instinct.

[gobsmacked3]

The Media- you are the 'enemy', so there is no benefit in forwarding the propaganda agendas of their masters by showing tragedies happen to all. By doing show it will cause people to question about the lies being feed them

Like ISIS- the offshoot of Al-Qaeda that was initially funded and supported by America and its allies back in the day. Most of ISIS weapons have been supplied by America

it is shameful and hypocritical and few see through it or worse, care to see through it.

Lastly, you are Muslim, so the propaganda perpetrated against your faith again comes into play. You guys are still getting payback for 9/11, even though most now see 9/11 as more than likely an inside job

very sad, in fact heartbreaking :(

Stay strong sister for there are many who do care for you and your Nation

[IceCubedude]

I just have question , i see lots of opinions like yours on here and i can't really understand it, are you an arab guy who is not muslim living in a middle eastern country among muslims?

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude No, i am Irish with a staunch belief in Humanism

[IceCubedude]

okay i see , well you know the description i described earlier? yes thats me and a hundred thousand, christians, living among muslims , sharing neighbourhoods with them, do you know how life is like?

they play in the same sports team, go to the same school, live in the same towns/villages, get the same education, eat the same food, have close values, buy from each other, hang out together and in short it seems like a pretty average day to day live. then you go home , you open facebook, you start reading newsapapers you read what your friend who you hung out with a day before writes stuff that makes you sick, you listen to them talking in their mosque every Friday criticizing you, your religion and way of life, it was so bad once they even started talking about whorresh christian women look...

or if thats not enough, wait until you get into a fight with one them it could start as simple as starting at each other which develops into a fight and them expressing (verbally)...

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude Forgive my confusion, are you in the States or Middle East?

[IceCubedude]

... their desire to end your religion, your people and control you, they take every opportunity they can get. is there any good in them? yes very very very few like 10% are against all that but the rest either actively engage in the hating or say nothing but nod in acceptance from a far , the only thing stopping them is a strong military of a first world country , the moment they feel they can cause shit they do it , they have done before and will do it again.

iam not spreading hate or trying to make you think anything iam just telling you from a human being to a human being that i have friends making fun of me, my religion and many more take every chance they can get to spread lies and violence, they west knows nothing about all this and how could you? you dont speak arabic, you dont live among them you're an irish guy living in a western coutry where you're not outnumbered 15 to 1 .

[IceCubedude]

in live in the ME

[IceCubedude]

I live *

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude i am a Teacher and have taught in Muslim dominated areas in the UK. i have never had any issue with them

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude oh ok, that is very unfortunate and I feel for your situation

i do not have your experience directly in the Middle East and as such your wisdom. But, I have accepted all as a friend until they prove me unworthy of this regard. Never had a bad experience with bad people, in fact only positive

[IceCubedude]

the UK is like 70% christian they're not in their natural habitat and know they can't go around doing whatever they want, and as i said very very few are actually truly good and hate free and maybe these are the people you're teaching and befriending.

However its clear that they hate us and want to control us, they're on average more uneducated, less open minded and more violent, iam not relying on statistics or websites i am telling you my daily life, its not like people are pointing guns at each other or anything like that, but it can get quite ugly in a short time, and as i've mentioned earlier a strong military is the only thing preventing them from turning it into another syria or iraq.

do i feel sad about all the killings and bombings in iraq? yes i do its hard not to , but when you realize that out of 1 M christians only less than 100k are left after killing or kicking out the rest not to mention yazides and other ethinic groups that have to suffer daily... it makes you th

[IceCubedude]

kicking them out *

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude i feel for your situation that has obviously affected you deeply and engrained in you intense feelings of hate. While i am open to listening to you and taking on your insights, I am compelled to be governed by my experiences

[IceCubedude]

I understand that, As i said iam just telling you my own experience and surely yours is different, the way everyone i know sees is like this: we either let them realize that their actions have consequences and we're not their toys or just be very nice to them in hopes that any issues will automatically solve themselves out, no other options really.

[gobsmacked3]

@IceCubedude i truly empathise with you and i cannot say what i would do until i walk a mile in your shoes.

Maybe i am gullible, or a fool idealist but I truly believe there are many Muslim people standing up to the rogues in their community

[TheSpartan]

She said she's a Christian.

I don't know about Ireland, but the mass media in America bends over backwards to promote the narrative that Islam is a "religion of peace".

[IceCubedude]

@TheSpartan Which is far from the truth if you speak the language, have friends that actually pray and read the quran in arabic, you get an inside look on what it truly says, and i can assure you it has a lot of killing in it, and no iam not making this up there are actually phrases that state you can kill under certain circumistances. its not the watered down English version its the arabic one, the real deal, if they claim it changed over time then their religion is wrong and if they claim it hasn't then... its full of killing and far from peaceful.

[Jackblue]

Isis weapons were not supplied by the US unless they stole them. As for Al Qaeda yes we supported them to stop the genocide the Soviets committed in Afghanistan. You Irish should stop your stupid anti-American and anti-Israeli raving and start showing more penance for all the aid you gave the Nazis which to my knowledge your country has displayed little of.

[TheSpartan]

@IceCubedude oh, trust me. I'm educated on the real Islam.

[WalterRadio]

The reason why people don't care about Iraqi's killing each other is because they are killing EACH OTHER. It is a civil war going on, and it doesn't concern the rest of the world too much.

When a Moslem attacks people in a western country, then it is them killing us. That is a big deal.

There has been a constant state of war in the Middle East going on since before 700 AD. Sometimes the West gets involved, sometimes it stays out of the way. I think it was said best, "When Moslems start loving their children more than they hate Jews [and Christians], the killing will stop."

[cth96190]

I am not unsympathetic to the suffering of the people of Iraq.
As fate would have it, I have a close friend who is an Iraqi Shi'ite. We are both former soldiers. Soldiers have a bond, even if they were once on opposing teams.
I could write a paper about the injustices and horrors that have been inflicted upon the people of Iraq, AFTER the invasion by the USA.
Sadam was not perfect, but there was an economy, power, reticulated water and sewerage, roads, the streets were safe and women were treated as human beings.
Today, there is none of that.
As someone who both studies and teaches history, I have formed the view that Middle Eastern rulers are despots because it is the only way to keep a lid on the fairly large number of Islamic lunatics. Take away the strong man and the country descends into anarchy. It has happened in every case.

[Slimtight]

I will give you my perspective. For years the United States fought for freedom in Iraq. And what did we get for it? Anti-American riots wanting us to get out to leave you guys alone. We left in our country is in shambles. We built it up we freed you and you did nothing to help yourselves. You deserve every tragedy you get. Don't tell me it's the government. It's the people the people never backed a solid government that the United States attempted to set up. We lost American lives helping you guys what did we get for it? Anti-American slogans trying to force us out. You deserve anything you get. It is your own fault

[myTake Owner]

america fucking destroyed us, ''freed'' us don't make me laugh, so many died and nothing happend everything got worse, you just killed sadam hussein and nothing more, you just finished us you'll never hear an iraqi say that you helped us in any way. We were just a huge space f oil to feed you, you stole it.

[myTake Owner]

my family , innocent people were being stolen from and they held many iraqis as hostages and also raped many women. You'll always get hate from us and every single arab because you never helped us in any way, if you would've helped us no one would blame you right? you destroyed us, killed soooooo many innocent people only to make you look like the good one here and say you wanted to free us! you stole all our oil and made us poor, shame on you for saying this, you're uneducated and you have not been through that war! how can you say that you helped us when it was WAR! how do you help people when you started a WAR!

[Slimtight]

As you see it you always and I see it my way and now you know why we no longer give a crap

[Slimtight]

You call me uneducated. I give you an answer and you start yelling. I tell you the truth as I see it as how Americans see it, you start yelling at me. Who is uneducated? Who tells you the truth? Who is uneducated? You got the unmitigated answer. Who is uneducated?

[myTake Owner]

do you want me to answer like it's nothing you just said? yes you are uneducated, i experienced way more than you and you are trying to make a point in just saying what the media tells you? if that's the truth why can't you argue and give me answers? i guess the part of the oil was true, the deaths of my people was also true, the fact that you destroyed my country must be true as well. Can you tell me again about how much america helped us? i guess not because that's the truth and you have nothing to say

[meatballs21]

How do you know I don't? They are good people who just want to have a peaceful and happy life with their families, the same as everyone else. It's these extremist jerks ruining it for everyone. I've had colleagues from Iraq (and Iran) and have heard how hard things can be for them... some would love to go home but don't want to lose the freedom they have in the west.

The media figures people will have more sympathy for people Westerners can relate to as opposed to folks from a far-off land. Unfortunately for us, we can't control what stories they decide to bombard us with.

[Unit1]

I read your take now and am informed, that ISIS not only attacks the west and Europe but also their local nations too. I didn't know that because I had no source to access this information.
Yes, while terror acts happen in the west and Europe (although not as often as in Iraq) the people in Iraq have it generally harder. It even came to my attention, that Muslims for themselves hate terrorists.

And the rigged media wants to brainwash us into their good and obeying little puppets like most of humans are. I didn't buy that shit.

With that being said, I believe your words. Thank you for sharing.
Good luck over there!

[slimstiffy]

well, unfortunately this is true. to people in the west (and other places) xour region seems far and distant. most of them haven't been and dont want to be there. they have only heard stories. its like a fantasy world to them. and they like to think that they are safe and away from conflict. so when france got attacked, that safety was questioned. they got scared. it hit home.
its only a natural reaction. but that dirsnt mean they value your lives any less. im sure that like me, and you, most westerners inly wish you well and hope the conflict will end.

[Anonymous]

LOL what a retard question...

That's like asking: "Why does it hurt you when you burn a $100 dollar bill, but doesn't hurt you when you burn a piece of trash paper? They are both just paper."

Duh!
WTF do you think?

Your stupid shallow naive view is "hey, they are both paper",
when in fact,
they are different and polar opposite in every single way except they are both paper, which doesn't count for much by the way, and obviously one is better than the other, hence your stupid question is self-evidently stupid.

[myTake Owner]

people die and that makes no difference wether it happens in your country or on the other side of the planet get ahold of yourself and shut up don't insult me you're the dumb one to make such a ridiculous comparison, butthurt.

[lightlysaltedchips]

wasn't even man enough to publicly answer it lol

[ThisisDyari]

Isis are better than you fucking mate

[Opinion Owner]

don't be a retard and just accept the fact that no one gives a sh1t about them because they don't fucking matter to the world, just live with that, what kind of positive, civilized contribution has those fucking countries and their people made to world in the last 50 years? NOTHING

The world doesn't need them.

And you want to compare them to... France, Germany, USA, the yardsticks of civilization and tell me that all lives in all countries matter the same to all the world?

Are you out of your mind?

[ThisisDyari]

You are really not human believe me if I make friendship with isis barbarians it will. be better than your fucking mouth

[Opinion Owner]

@ThisisDyari instead of attacking me why not answer the question?

What positive contribution has those countries made to the civilized world in the last 50 years?

[ThisisDyari]

So even if so they should be dead? At least they didn't nuke Japan or kill millions in WW or made global warming

[Opinion Owner]

@ThisisDyari I am simply answering the question "why doesn't the world care about those attacks in middle east as much as those in the West?"

and what I said is simply the purest answer to the OP.
the question is whether you are ready to accept the fact or not, and clearly you aren't.

and look, I am 29 and you are 17, which means you DID NOT experience the SHOCK and HORROR and DEPRESSION the world felt when two planes hit the World Trade Center and then saw those two towers collapsed LIVE, I repeat, LIVE !!! on 11 September 2001.

If you think these ISIS attacks in Europe and USA over the last 2 years were horrifying, multiply that by a million times and condense it into ONE day, that's how shocking 9/11 felt, ok? It was on the headline news every single day for FOUR MONTHS, ok? Have you ever seen the same headline for 4 months in your life? Of course not, but I have.

And all these attacks you see nowadays? They are all the direct consequence of 9/11.

[Opinion Owner]

it is only those who are too young to remember 9/11 would ever be stupid and naive enough to believe everyone is equal and question why doesn't the world react the same to those in the west vs middle east, and you want to tell me those lives are all equal? are you kidding me? if i have to explain it in a way that you understand, that's like saying Hitler and Nazi have the same human rights as everyone and their lives are as undeserving to die as, say, I don't know, The Pope?

And the funny thing is, in case you think I am racist, I am actually not even from USA or Europe or white.

[Opinion Owner]

so if you want a proper answer to why the west doesn't give a sh1t about those terrorist attacks in the middle east, because, frankly, the west just see them all as terrorists, see them all as enemies, and why would they give a sh1t when they see their enemies killing each other?

just wake up ok? racism and hatred is real and natural because it is the most natural way to separate between those in your tribe who have vested interest in being nice and protecting you VS those who are your enemy tribe who have vested interest in hurting you and taking all your stuff.

[ThisisDyari]

And I'm from IRAQ and i remember 9/11 but is that all of it? A simple attack made all America be afraid but we Iraqis all these attacks and we are only 40 km away from isis and we are not even afraid. . It's simple iraqi people are brave and western people are just Like Disney Princesses

[Opinion Owner]

@ThisisDyari if you are 17 how can you remember the day of 9/11, lol. you understood the news and read newspaper when you were 2 years old?
Evidently, if you manage to say "9/11 is just a simple attack", you clearly weren't old enough to remember that day.

and that's as retarded as saying $100 bill is just a piece of paper, or, your children is just bits of flesh and bones.

no, 9/11 was a tipping point in modern history, still very much affecting the world to this very day.

and living near isis and not being afraid of them doesn't make you brave, it makes you someone who has nothing to lose. if someone just caught a deadly virus, naturally they are no longer afraid of getting infected, that doesn't make him brave, or the uninfected people coward, got it?

and let me end this by going back to the only answer I want to give: the world doesn't care because those countries has made no contribution whatsoever to the rest of the world (except hatred, death and terror)

[myTake Owner]

you're such a horrible person, we don't need you either you're just evil and piss off many people so who are you to talk? the world isn't only america and Europe, idiot, everyone matters but honestly i would give a shit about someone like you. We are your freaking oil resources we should matter.

[nalaa]

People, do. But let's face it, Iraq is a war zone, ruled by muslim extremist. It's kinda what people expect from the area.
The reason the other attack get more attention is because they happened in Europe and you don't expect or have that kind of violence on a daily basis