BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Much has changed in the year since a haggard-looking Saddam Hussein was pulled from a hole in the ground and taken into custody by jubilant U.S. troops.
In some ways it has changed for the worse.
President Bush hailed the capture as a breakthrough at the time, saying he expected his arch foe to be tried, convicted and put to death -- adding that would be up to the Iraqi courts.
moghrabi said:They will kiss the feet of the americans because they were promised an autonomy from Iraq. The Kurdish people are the most hated in Iraq because they want t divide the country.
moghrabi said:Do you like your country to be divided?
Just the Facts said:moghrabi said:Do you like your country to be divided?
Do you see English Canadians bombing Quebec? Or vice versa? If we had a choice between losing Quebec or having car bombs blow up everyday, yeah, divide away!
moghrabi said:It is different than dividing Quebec. There is more to it than that. Your answer is so simplistic. They are fighting for survival, honor, freedom and so on. They are either oppressed by their own rulers appointed by the west or by the rulers of the west. Both ways they are oppressed.
moghrabi said:The west still controls the area. It is not as easy. The west want it divided, people busy killing each other so they can take advantage of the situation for their own gains.
BTW: are you from Quebec? What is your opinion about separation?
What is your view on the idea of a "Greater Syria"? And how strong are the claims that Israel "convinced the Christians that the Pals [...] are going to take over this country [Lebanon]"?moghrabi said:In short, Rick, Lebanon is very strategically situated between Israel and Syria. Syria still considers Lebanon part of the Greater Syria.
When the civil war started, the cause at that time was the Pals. I don't believe it but that was the official cause. Basically Israel had a hand to convince the Christians that the Pals are Muslims and they are going to take over this country. The fight started between the Pals and Christian Lebanese and not with the Muslim Lebanese.
Syria went in to break up the war and was obliged to defend the Muslims against the Israeli armed Christians. this is when the Muslims came to play a role in the destruction of Lebanon.
Although I do not have a clear stance on the fact whether the Kurds should or should not have the right to seperate from Iraq, I do not agree with your line of thinking. Would you have said the same to the Czechs in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire? Or to the Lithuanians and Turkmens in the former Soviet-Union? This argument an sich should not be a reason not to grant certain ethnic groups the rights to claim what they see as "their" land.moghrabi said:Do you like your country to be divided?
Paranoid Dot Calm said:Hi! Just The Facts
I don't get it!
People talk about separation as though it was like tossing away an old car.
If Quebec ever left Canada, or any Province for that matter, it would be the end of our Nation.
People often refer to financial excuses or reasons for breaking up Canada and at the same time brag about our universal social or health care programs. If any province leaves Canada, we can forget about any social programs.
If any province chose to leave, it would mean civil war! Make no mistake about that.
And about Iraq .....
If the U.S. found it necessary to invade Canada in order to secure their fresh water or energy requirments, I would fight them tooth-and-nail. It would simply be a matter of principle and my pride as a Canadian which would drive me to kill any American I saw wandering across our International boundary.
I support whatever resistance Iraqi's carry out!
Oh! And, Moghrabi .....
I sure like your new avatar. (I stole it and saved it.)
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Calm