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Ninos777 05-18-2010 09:33 PM

Assyrian Human Rights Petition
 
Please sign petition to stop the killing of the Assyrian Christians of Iraq>>>

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Assyrian/

DrPhil 05-18-2010 09:35 PM

No.

MysticCat 05-19-2010 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1930859)
No.

Awww c'mon. Don't you know that this petition would make make everyone pay attention?

RU OX Alum 05-19-2010 11:12 AM

I'm really starting to get sick of people saying "the unity of Iraq must preserved."

I don't think it should be at all.

Drolefille 05-19-2010 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1931135)
I'm really starting to get sick of people saying "the unity of Iraq must preserved."

I don't think it should be at all.

I get that, I just think that trying to divide it would be making a hard task into an impossible one, or an impossible task into a Sisyphean one.

AOII Angel 05-19-2010 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 1931138)
I get that, I just think that trying to divide it would be making a hard task into an impossible one, or an impossible task into a Sisyphean one.

Thanks for the vocabulary word of the day! I plan on using that one later. ;)

Drolefille 05-19-2010 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1931145)
Thanks for the vocabulary word of the day! I plan on using that one later. ;)

Ha! I thought I would have to double check my spelling, but firefox actually knows how to spell it.

RU OX Alum 05-19-2010 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 1931138)
I get that, I just think that trying to divide it would be making a hard task into an impossible one, or an impossible task into a Sisyphean one.

No one needs to try and divide it. It's already divided. We(sterners) just need to let it fall.

We aren't really obligated at all to make sure everything stays peaceful, this is a huge waste of time and money.

Drolefille 05-19-2010 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1931161)
No one needs to try and divide it. It's already divided. We(sterners) just need to let it fall.

We aren't really obligated at all to make sure everything stays peaceful, this is a huge waste of time and money.

Honestly, I argue, since we went into Iraq and took away their government we're kind of responsible for fixing it.

So we would have to 'divide' it and make sure all was hunky dory before we left.

RU OX Alum 05-19-2010 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 1931165)
Honestly, I argue, since we went into Iraq and took away their government we're kind of responsible for fixing it.

So we would have to 'divide' it and make sure all was hunky dory before we left.

Yeah, and I argue that since their head of state tried kill our (former) head of state, that a single bullet from a well placed sniper.

What is your reasoning for us being obligated to make things all hunky dory?
I don't really feel we owe them that. Plus, it stands in the way of self-determination.

Psi U MC Vito 05-19-2010 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1931174)
Yeah, and I argue that since their head of state tried kill our (former) head of state, that a single bullet from a well placed sniper.

What is your reasoning for us being obligated to make things all hunky dory?
I don't really feel we owe them that. Plus, it stands in the way of self-determination.

We are obligated to make things all hunky dory because we are the ones who destabilized the country in the first place. Saddam was an evil bastard, but he was a damn good administrator. And I don't see us providing support standing in the way of self-determination.

Drolefille 05-19-2010 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1931174)
Yeah, and I argue that since their head of state tried kill our (former) head of state, that a single bullet from a well placed sniper.

What is your reasoning for us being obligated to make things all hunky dory?
I don't really feel we owe them that. Plus, it stands in the way of self-determination.

Who tried to kill who? Sorry, feel like I'm missing something.

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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 1931179)
We are obligated to make things all hunky dory because we are the ones who destabilized the country in the first place. Saddam was an evil bastard, but he was a damn good administrator. And I don't see us providing support standing in the way of self-determination.

And ^^^ answers your second bit. We (under false pretenses IMO) took out their government. We have an ethical obligation to re-stabilize them.

It's also in our best interest that their government isn't taken over by groups who would, I don't know, want to retaliate for our invasion of a sovereign country.


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