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2008-03-14 Home Front: Culture Wars

Baghdad's Romeo and Juliet find love in Iraq war

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Posted by ryuge 2008-03-14 10:25|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I don't mean to poke my finger at someone who performed their service and within all right, but something about this story stinks, could the be writer spin.

"I married her for love and a lot of reasons," said Sean Blackwell. But he added: "We both agree that we would trade our marriage for (an end to) the war any time. Our personal happiness with each other is not worth all of the lives that have been lost."
Well scoobiddy doo its like the whole war was fought just for them; hows the head banging and reciting classes going?

"America is one of the most Christian countries in the world so it's definitely not well received to marry a Muslim ... we've always painted a negative image of the Arab culture."
Unlike a Chrisitan marrying a muslim in Iraq, huh. 15 minute secret ceremony, smuggled out of the country. Yeah sure evil America. My Shakespeare might be a tad rusty but wouldn't this be more like R&J if: he went to Jordan to pick up his wife from the CBS crew and found she wasn't with them and he killed himself over grief when in reality she was with a CNN crew and showed up the next day to find him dead. Trapped in Jordan, a religous enforcer finds out her story and has her killed.

Cultural differences remain one of the main reasons why US-Iraqi marriages occur less frequently than US-Vietnamese marriages during the Vietnam war.
IIUC, there were a lot of persecuted Christians who fled the North, plus Christianity had been practiced in the south for a number of years. Perhaps that was an influence..oh and Vietnamese women are allowed to talk to strangers.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-03-14 12:01|| 2008-03-14 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 "I considered myself to be a Christian at the time and it was a little bit a struggle for me personally, but it was just something I had to do to marry her. It wasn't something that I believed," he said. "Religion is not relevant in my life, it's not something I really worry about."

Apostate!!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-14 18:16|| 2008-03-14 18:16|| Front Page Top

#3 "We both agree that we would trade our marriage for (an end to) the war any time. Our personal happiness with each other is not worth all of the lives that have been lost."

WTF does that mean, anyway? propaganda nonsense drivel

Posted by ex-lib 2008-03-14 19:17|| 2008-03-14 19:17|| Front Page Top

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