Real Identity Act Targets Innocents, the Hmong

Once again the bureaucrats and politicians have screwed the very people who have aided the United States. Geoff Metcalf exposes another travesty against one of Americas most staunch allies. The Hmong of Laos have suffered almost total annialation at the hands of the communists. There is not much time to save those who are left. Read this article and then go to factfinding.org to get more detailed information. Call and or e-mail your congressmen about this while they are on recess. It’s their job to listen to you.
Real Identity Act Targets Innocents
Geoff Metcalf
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007
FROM NEWSMAX:
"Ah! The best righteousness of our man-of-war world seems but an unrealized ideal, after all; and those maxims which…we busily teach to the heathen, we Christians ourselves disregard."
— Herman Melville
I recently wrote about the embarrassing hypocrisy of our government persecuting Gen. Vang Pao for plotting the overthrow of Communists in Laos http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/16/91648.shtml.
It is a national disgrace that the 30,000-plus Hmong who helped Americans were abandoned and ignored by our government after we crawled out of Southeast Asia.
I observed with regret that selective memory loss and denial became policy. However, apparently our collective sins are worse than just gutless unappreciative wonkishness.
It has been brought to my attention that the Real Identity Act includes language that states that any refugee who has borne arms against his/her country (even if it was to aide the United States) is considered a terrorist and as such is refused entry into America.
What is wrong with this picture?
Hmong who provided unbridled aide and comfort to the United States are considered traitors by their government and the communists for having helped us. They have been, and are being, hunted like rabbits in Australia and Laotian government policy is genocide.
Those courageous and resourceful Hmong who have managed to get out of the jungles eventually learn they have been branded terrorists and are being refused entry into the very country they fought to defend.
We have a regrettable history of supporting bad guy regimes for wrong minded strategic rationalizations. Noriega, Saddam Hussein, al Qaeda, were all allies…until they weren't. Our own genocide against Native Americans is an embarrassment routinely ignored.
It is being suggested we need a campaign to change American thinking specifically about the Hmong Lao. However, there is a more basic necessity that Americans (regardless of political affiliation) need to acknowledge and accept. There are United States Secret War Veterans and dependants that want, need, and deserve our support.
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