"In every drop of rain
A red or yellow color buds from the seeds of flowers.
Every tear wept by the hungry and naked people
And every spilt drop of slaves’ blood
Is a smile aimed at a new dawn,
A nipple turning rosy in an infant’s lips
In the young world of tomorrow, bringer of life."

Badr Shakir al-Sayyab -Rain Song

"Once Iraq becomes a very rich and prosperous country we would hope that some consideration be given to repaying the United States some of the mega-dollars that we have spent here in the last eight years. We were hoping that there would be a consideration of a payback because the United States right now is in close to a very serious economic crisis and we could certainly use some people to care about our situation as we have cared about theirs."

Rep, Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA)

Invade a country, kill countless innocent civilians, destabilize an entire region, next step? Ask for payment.

(via kileyrae)

I heard about this on the Iraqi news stations….I was speechless. I honestly thought this was a joke.

payback? excuse my language, but are you fucking serious? did anyone ask for this invasion? I don’t care what kind of “crisis” the US is in, you don’t invade a country, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and ask for money to cover it. period.

If anything, we are the ones that need to get paid…word. smh.

(via realfakescientist)