Posted on 05/04/2007 1:01:09 PM PDT by stm
That's what Saddam thought, too. And he treated them like animals.
Is the Kurdish religion Islamic? Tell me what you know about it, if you have time.
Saddam agreed with you. That's why he kept these people down.
It also confuses conservatives. A lot of us said we needed to invade Iraq in order to "liberate" these people. Saddam was keeping them oppressed. But it turns out that liberating fundamentalist Muslims and Kurds "liberates" them to act like fundamentalist Muslims and Kurds.
Does it give you second thoughts about the wisdom of "liberating" these people? Saddam had them suppressed - which is why the Mullahs hated him. He ruled the fundamentalists with an iron fist. We withdrew that fist, and they're now "liberated" to act out their fundamentalism
Sorry, folks, we have no business being “foot patrols” in that part of the world. We can do our business from the air and with allies on the ground. Other than that, let’s stay the hell out of the hell hole!
There is no Kurdish religion, as the Kurds are an ethnic/linguistic group.
They have members who are Sunni and Shia Muslims, and per this article Yezidis, who are not Muslims at all. There are a few Kurdish Christians and I believe I remember reading about Kurdish Jews. Might even be some Zoroastrians or Bahais around someplace.
Oh my.
Shhh! Hannity will call you a “defeatist”! Any suggestion that American soldiers shouldn’t be staying in Iraq, in the middle of a civil war, for an open-ended unending period, is “defeatism!” don’t you know?
Those people are indeed confused. The U.S. isn't in the liberation business (for liberation's sake), we're in the business of protecting our national interests. If we deemed it was in our national interest to keep a tyrant like Saddam in power then we would've unhesitatingly done so. The "liberation of the Iraqi people" makes for a warm, fuzzy soundbite.....but that's it.
Followup on the story here:
KRG Asks Baghdad to Investigate Honor Killing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828565/posts
My animals resent that statement. They are more civilized than those sub-human freaks!
The women have no choice. They are little more than slaves and life support systems for a you know what to their husbands.
NANNY PEE-LOUSY: But, but, they get to wear Hermes scarves so it can’t be all THAT bad.
My FRiends,
I voted for President Bush, I think that he is an honest and decent man, I supported his choice to invade Iraq and remove Saddam from power. I idolize our heroic troops that are fighting so valiantly in Iraq and Afghanistan, but enough is enough.
The Iraqis do not appreciate us or the ultimate sacrifice that over three thousand of our heroes have paid by dying while fighting over there, let alone the thousands of our wounded heroes that have lost arms and legs in an effort to liberate ungrateful people.
If we are not allowed to unleash our military fury on these animals as McArthur and Patton would have done, then it’s time to bring our heroes home.
I know that I will get critized for this post but I can’t justify another American life for people who don’t appreciate us.
God bless our troops and God bless America.
I think you need to read this:
KRG Asks Baghdad to Investigate Honor Killing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828565/posts
OK..I read it...and?
I had a wonderful Kurdish/Iraqi friend in college. She was very lovely tall, black hair & eyes. She was also the one of the most gifted people I have ever met. She breezed through organic chemisrty and other high level courses. (I did OK). She told what it was like over there. She had lost many family members to Saddam’s poison gas attacks. She was not Muslim but Zoraster. However, life inside her home was sad. She was constantly at the mercy & mistreatment of the menfolk. Right here in America she was still treated at home as if she were still in Iraq. She said she NEVER EVER wanted to go back. I was surprised she was allowed to go to school. I lost track of her after graduation. I wonder about her often, what sweet person she was. Nishi, I hope you are well & Happy ! and not back in Iraq!
It is impractical to think that centuries of behavior and attitudes are going to change in a mere 3 years. We’ve seen the results of the last several decades of realist approach to the ME and perhaps we might agree that policy was ineffective to say the least.
It will take decades if not longer to start changing attitudes there. If you don’t have the patience or stomach for the long-term stabilization effort, and desire to revert to old policy then don’t be surprised at the results.
You better check with the president. He named the invasion of Iraq, "Operation Iraqi Freedom." We've invested thousands of American lives and at least a half trillion tax dollars in the goal of "freeing" the Muslims to vote (remember how Bush had a woman with her purple finger at one of his State of the Union addresses) and to act out their fundamentalism. One of the victim groups is Iraqi Christians, who have had to flee the country for the most part. Ain't "Iraqi freedom" grand!
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