The Impact of War on Public Health in Iraq

I got invited to this event, it was called the impact of war on public heath in Iraq. Th event is hosted by codepink Organization and the main speaker was a doctor from Iraq, Baghdad. I was hoping to hear things like what is the situation of health systme now after the war, what has changed and what didnt, and so on. But I was shoked to sit there and listen to politics, which I shoudnt be surprised to hear from an Iraqi woman. My shoke was resulted by the fact that the event was suppose to talk mainly about health problems and difficulties, but instead she started talking about what the Americans did and are doing in Iraq, and start calling for the American to leave Iraq immediatly. Not to say that Im against or with that, but I wasnt happy with it. The fact that you want people to listen to you is ok with me, but you have to understand that people here are not ready to listen unless you give them a reason to. By talking about what the Americans are doing and how aweful it is to live in Baghdad and that a bomb went off here and a car exploded there, you are basically talking about news which most Americans dont sit and watch. At the time when that happened I wished that I could take the stand and try to speak to the audience who attended only to hear about that main subject, HEALTH. I wanted to say that if you want to talk about the health system then look at the corruption within the hospitals, the ministry of health and the contracts that are being signed now to export some medicine inside the country. Health and hospitals in Iraq are suffereing from lack of medicine and lack of supplies. That is not somthing that the Americans are responsible for a 100%. The Iraqis in the government are also reponsible. Everyone who is considering himself as an insurgent trying to librate the country is responsible by killing and injuring the people who need the help now. So Who are we kidding by saying Americans are the ones who should take the blame. Im not here to defend anyone. But I have lived there in Iraq, and Im living here in the US right now and I see what is happenning. People are different whether its here or there. You cant blame somthing on someone unless you have true reasons to believe so. Where is your avidence? What could be a relieble avidence? In the case of Iraq, why should it always be either black or white? Americans or insurgants? why shouldnt it be Gray? why dont the Iraqis try, in the little that is left there to help stop who ever is doing that? Why the government in Iraq, try even at least a little to be more of a help to the people than being the same exact bad picture that was before the war. What did the American do since they have been to Iraq? Did they do better things, bad things, did they change anything? Did the Iragi government change anything since they were elected? Was it for the good or the bad?

Lots of questions, no ANswer unfortunatly, although I have my own opinion which I dont wanna express now about that because I need further observation of all the questions. But I thought of these questions and if you are talking politics then this is what your presentation should be about. As for the public health, it became only another subject that is forgotten like thousands of other things in there.