Rations for Afghan refugees fleeing our war

It all starts 20 years ago, tragedy struck the U.S., the Twin Towers were hit and the nation was shocked. 

We then went to war and that war made sense at first. We did what we went there to do and dismantled a terrorist organization. 

Those are things we could be proud of and I understand. It’s the fact that we stayed there after we did those things. 

I had never understood it at all until recently, and even now it feels too much of a mess to comprehend. The explanation that has made the most sense to me, was what I think is the truth. 

We went there with good intentions but then we were too scared to leave.

We spent 20 years in a war solving and creating our own issues. We should have left after we got rid of al-Qaida, but we didn’t, we stayed for years after because we were too scared of the mess we made in the name of revenge. 

Now we left and it’s a giant mess. It could have and should have been handled smoother but we can’t go back on it now. 

We are out of Afghanistan.

The process has been messy and I agree that the government should face some criticism on how this was handled. But we shouldn’t pin our frustrations on the people fleeing a hostile country. 

I recently saw a post by an Afghan refugee, in the post it showed a picture the rations that he was being given at a military base in Texas where he was staying. 

The comments on the post were insane to me, people were mad that he posted about the rations. The man who posted it said “Not complaining but this is what I got last night for dinner and the next meal is 12 hours later”. 

The comments weren’t half as nice as what a man with an empty stomach posted. 

Knowing about the discourse that has happened over immigration in the U.S. I shouldn’t have been surprised but I was. 

The comment section tore this man apart and called him ungrateful amongst other things. Very few people had sympathy for a man who had literally fled his country. 

Afghans didn’t ask for our war but they are the ones uprooted from their homes and country. I understand the frustration towards our government, but the hate that people are redirecting is disgusting. 

He was concerned about how so little food was going to last him for 12 hours, and was giving a perspective on the life that afghan refugees are facing now. 

The frustration and sadness over the recent deaths and attacks are valid but taking it out on a man who just wants the right to live under a democracy is not. 

If I were fed a very small proportion once every 12 hours I’d be concerned too and so would most of the people in that comment section. So why did those people think it was okay to tell this man that he should go back to his country if he doesn’t like it here. 

Complaining is how things change, people talk about what they dislike about the government everyday. Refugees are now at the mercy of the people taking care of them, its their human right to talk about their experiences, whether it’s complaining or not.

I’m so tired of the apathy of ass***** just because you aren’t suffering what another person is  doesn’t mean that other person’s problems don’t exist.