Religion The Silent Genocide

[Brunswick Trap King]

Not really.
Saddam wasnt that fussed about your faith.
He just wanted you loyal to him

I mean more that the removal of big bad Saddam opened up numerous groups for further persecution.

 

[William Wonka]

I mean more that the removal of big bad Saddam opened up numerous groups for further persecution.

Ahh ok.

It wasn't the removal of Saddam that was the problem, it was the following de-Bathification that was the huge mistake .

The U.S should have just left the structures of government in place and put in an agreeable puppet to run the joint.
Not only would the war have been over an a few days but it also would have prevented Iran from being handed 3/4 of the country and also stopped the formation of ISIS.

 

[Taylor]

It's implicit in the description 'Easter worshipers'.
To add 'Christians' is redundant.

I believe it was a chosen phrase to not exclude any other groups who were caught up in the violence.

 

[mcnulty]

So it’s the fault of Christian minorities then?

Iraq in 2002 was secular. The Prime Minister Tariq Aziz was Christian. Christians (ie the US with their invasion) let the fundamentalist dog off the chain.

 

[Rettolalia]

The Iraqi Christians are being targeted for what they're not rather than what they are.

Please, by all means, elaborate on your point....you aren’t suggesting Christians are being murdered for not being members of a certain other religion (of peace) are you?

 

[Rettolalia]

Was it?

I seem to recall a virtual media blackout at the time on any reporting which even attempted to describe that attack as a Christian terror attack.

Them poor ‘Christchurchians’.

Even you can’t use the word Muslim without mentioning 'Christ' and 'Church'

You absolutely shameless piece of filth

(Am I doing it right???)

Except that’s complete garbage.

All we heard about in the wake of Christchurch was about the ‘rise and rise’ of far right extremism and hate.

Whereas with Sri Lanka, the media and the left couldn’t even stomach the idea of publicly identifying the victim group or motive for the attack, for fear of upsetting Muslims and being labelled Islamophobic.

And that’s the damned truth.

 

[William Wonka]

Except that’s complete garbage.

All we heard about in the wake of Christchurch was about the ‘rise and rise’ of far right extremism and hate.

Whereas with Sri Lanka, the media and the left couldn’t even stomach the idea of publicly identifying the victim group or motive for the attack, for fear of upsetting Muslims and being labelled Islamophobic.

And that’s the damned truth.

I think you will find that the difference in reporting is simply the country in which it occurred.

If an Ebola outbreak kills 50 people in Mali it will get a touch less coverage than if it happens in Sydney.

 

[Rettolalia]

I think you will find that the difference in reporting is simply the country in which it occurred.

If an Ebola outbreak kills 50 people in Mali it will get a touch less coverage than if it happens in Sydney.

What does that have to do with the left describing the victims as ‘Easter Worshippers’, and point blank refusing to even address the motivation behind the attack itself?

 

[mcnulty]

Easter worshippers are Christian. This is axiomatic. Hannukah worshippers are Jewish. Those who observe Ramadan are Muslim. Does it need spelling out?

 

[Rettolalia]

Easter worshippers are Christian. This is axiomatic. Hannukah worshippers are Jewish. Those who observe Ramadan are Muslim. Does it need spelling out?

Weasel words

 

[mcnulty]

Actually a statement of simple fact. You might want to read more into it, but don’t expect everyone else to.

 

[Rettolalia]

Actually a statement of simple fact. You might want to read more into it, but don’t expect everyone else to.

The attack was specifically targeted at Christian’s.

Yet we have to refer to it as an attack on ‘Easter Worshippers’.

Do we practice the same thing with any other victim group when they are targeted in an attack?

 

[mcnulty]

Are there any other types of Easter worshippers than Christians?

Good grief man, I can only assume you’re trolling right now. Good night, I’ll leave you to it.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Except that’s complete garbage.

All we heard about in the wake of Christchurch was about the ‘rise and rise’ of far right extremism and hate.

Whereas with Sri Lanka, the media and the left couldn’t even stomach the idea of publicly identifying the victim group or motive for the attack, for fear of upsetting Muslims and being labelled Islamophobic.

And that’s the damned truth.

It's hardline Budhhists which have in turn for years given Catholics in Sri Lanka a hard time. Infact that Bombing really shook the Muslim community hard. Muslims and Catholic in Sri Lanka have traditionally got along very well


But that doesnt fit into the underlying tone of what you're trying to say with this thread I guess so play on

 

[its free real estate]

The U.S should have just left the structures of government in place and put in an agreeable puppet to run the joint.

It would have had to have been Shia and therefore against the wishes of Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The whole thing was a disaster from start to finish - have you read the Afghanistan Papers published by the Washington Post? It gives a fair insight into the breathtaking incompetence of the USA under Bush.

 

[Patrick Bullet]

Well this thread went bad fast. What a shame.

Rettolalia, would you be willing to respond to my reply?

 

[Snake_Baker]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10508619.2019.1570814?journalCode=hjpr20

 

[Andrew Birch]

The Iraqi Christians are being targeted for what they're not rather than what they are.

So Iraqi Christians are being targeted by Iraqi Muslims purely because they are not Muslim you say. Thanks for claryfying, however it's still Christianphobia however you spin it.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

So Iraqi Christians are being targeted by Iraqi Muslims purely because they are not Muslim you say. Thanks for claryfying, however it's still Christianphobia however you spin it.

So are other Muslim minorities.

 

[Andrew Birch]

So are other Muslim minorities.

Sectarian violence.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

So Iraqi Christians are being targeted by Iraqi Muslims purely because they are not Muslim you say. Thanks for claryfying, however it's still Christianphobia however you spin it.

What are you, about 5 branches short of twiggy forrest?

See this man, he's Muslim. The girl is Christian. It's pretty well her first Christmas since the war. She's being wished merry Christmas by the man that stopped the christian terrorists, so there cOuld be more CHristmases. She's very lucky. Her family has been saved by Muslims, saved from Christians.

The first time since 2011 damascus has been lit up for Christmas.

You're not to bright.

 

[Andrew Birch]

What are you, about 5 branches short of twiggy forrest?

See this man, he's Muslim. The girl is Christian. It's pretty well her first Christmas since the war. She's being wished merry Christmas by the man that stopped the christian terrorists, so there cOuld be more CHristmases. She's very lucky. Her family has been saved by Muslims, saved from Christians.

The first time since 2011 damascus has been lit up for Christmas.

You're not to bright. View attachment 798492

Christian terrorists?

We were discussing Iraq, not Syria.

 

[William Wonka]

Weasel words

Not at all.
It just doesn't fit your crazy gaslighting narrative to see it otherwise.

 

[Rettolalia]

What are you, about 5 branches short of twiggy forrest?

See this man, he's Muslim. The girl is Christian. It's pretty well her first Christmas since the war. She's being wished merry Christmas by the man that stopped the christian terrorists, so there cOuld be more CHristmases. She's very lucky. Her family has been saved by Muslims, saved from Christians.

The first time since 2011 damascus has been lit up for Christmas.

You're not to bright. View attachment 798492

That’s Syria you clown

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

Christian terrorists?

We were discussing Iraq, not Syria.

Technically you weren't discussing anything. Thread is full of limited emotional intelligence and trolls.