I don't think, given America's international reputation, that it really counts as 'the popular table'. I could imagine his desire is to live in area that isn't overrun by Iranian, Iraqi and American militia, and live in a country with decent economic prospects. He's an adult trying to escape slaughter, not a teenager wanting to meet Jessica Simpson.
His idea of America probably isn't as romanticised as it seems - I think he's just using hyperbole to try and overcome people's ideas of Iraqis as American-hating terrorists.

On a separate note, I'm glad Brown is reconsidering Britain's decision not to grant 'special privileges' asylum to Iraqi interpreters.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

AUG 15, 2007 06:46 AM

Campaign in Britain for asylum rights for Iraqi employees of the British army.

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

AUG 15, 2007 08:22 AM

American soldier, 1863 said:
Dear Hattie
Pardon the affectionate familiarity but you know its all in fun. Your charming little epistle has just reached me, and I do myself the honor to answer it immediately, thus complying with your request to write soon.

Before proceeding farther truth and candor compel me to acknowledge that a little desception was used in the advertisement in the "Waverly." In other words my true description differs materially from the one therein set forth, and may not please you as well as the one "fancy painted," but I thought it was all for fun, therefore funningly gave a fictitious description as well as cognomen...

American soldier, 2007 said:
first and for most i am a american soldier in the first cav div and and i love some iraqis but not all i feel for most of them but i think that is life u live and let die and i would more or less fight for my country and his so we all can be free from tragicy and all have the right to live under one flag or another but i do not want my freedoms taken away and yes interperters have the right to a green card after four year the thing is that u have to let ur family sit without u for a year i know that sucks cuz i have been away from mine almost a year now without seeing them and 2 weeks ain't shit when u have to come back here and smell them iraqis and the streets the trash the dirt in my eyes and the poor lil kids goin mister mister and bringing there hand up to there mouth like they want food it is sad i love kids but i can't show my heart here cuz i need my body and mind tough like rocks and he just needs to tought it out yes i get to go back home and eat good food like mickey d's and hooters and shit but if u reaally look at it atleast there not fucking just runing amuck like a bunch fucking animals but in some places they are animal and us fighters have to treat them like it u have to make them fear u and if they don't and they raise a gun toward u it ain't goin to be at a interperpter it is at my head and to me that is ground for 2 in the chest and 2 in the head fuck them and i see us leaving sad to say but the iraqi police and iraqi army needs to learn from us and kick ass and take names like us we have lost to many good soldiers over here

Volkov

San Antonio, TX

OLD SKOOL

AUG 15, 2007 05:44 PM

that's not to say that there weren't illiterate foul mouthed roughshods in the Army in the 1860's or that all American soldiers are as incomprehensible in writing as that sample now....thank god.

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Jennifer_

Venezuela

November 2006

AUG 15, 2007 02:37 AM