The Najaf Shuffle...

[GackMan]

Is it me? Or are these Minnesotans getting taken for a ride?

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/29/najaf-water-meeting/

I'm sure clean watter is scarse in Najaf... but (maybe I'm just a jaded prick who spent too much time down south in that part of Iraq) I can't help but think this is like a sit down with a Sheik taken to a whole new level.

"we need water" "we need schools" "we need electricity" "Oh, don't build it for us, just give us the money and we'll do it ourselves. We can create jobs that way."

I can just see some guy in Njaf writing a letter - "Sister City? Hmmmm... Hey Habibi take a look at this before I mail it."

[RetPara]

So would this be a new version of the old African email scam?

[Balls]

Dear Minneapolis sister city,

Thanks so much for the weapons and training... ummm, I mean water... that you have provided to our new recruits.... err, students. These resources will really help us to "grow bigger and stronger". Please send more money.



In Allah,

- JAM


:rolleyes:


***If this money really is going to the right people and it does work, fantastic. Nobody deserves clean water, medicine, and good schools more than those kids do. But I guess I'm another jaded asshole.***

[billdawg]

Najaf, must have really bad water then, because I used to watch kids stand in the Euphrates canal, downstream from a cow dumping in the water, and drinking it. They never seemed to have a probelm.