Visa Denial Puts Heroic Iraqi Translator in the Crosshairs

[Nomad]

An Iraqi translator who has earned commendations for risking his life repeatedly to save the lives of many American soldiers in combat has been denied a visa to live in the United States because of nonviolent actions he took to overthrow Saddam Hussein — at the same time the U.S. government was calling for regime change in Iraq.... But the State Department has denied Jasim a visa because he was arrested in 1996 for actions against the Saddam dictatorship.

Unreal. I am not surprised that it's becoming a tougher sell for us to the locals of oppressed regimes that "..we'll help you if you help us out!".

[Jim]

The old "help them while it benefits us, and then shit on them" routine? Unfortunately, (at least according to BTDTs I've talked to and books I've read) it's happened quite a bit when dealing with us.

Based on my experiences, I'm not sure I'd trust us.