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To Be a Friend Is Fatal

the Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind
Apr 09, 2014JCLMelissaW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
While working for USAID in Iraq, Kirk Johnson suffers a career-ending injury. Bitter and depressed, he is directionless and unemployed when a former Iraqi coworker emails asking for help immigrating to the U.S. because of death threats. Within months, Kirk has a list of several thousand American-employed Iraqis in the same circumstances. Kirk begins writing op-ed pieces, lobbying the State Department, and appearing on news shows to try to save them before the U.S. leaves Iraq. A well-written story! It makes you glad there are people out there like the author and distressed to read about the U.S. government's response.