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At least they are killing them in a relatively humane way. It is not unusual in past mass killings, to use knives or clubs to save bullets. Or the Muslim's favourite - beheadings. |
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Jesus wept why aren't their own army doing something about them? And yeh, where is the local support? |
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Vice news is doing an expose on life inn Iraq under ISIS rule at the moment, I think it's 5 parts long (~50 minutes)
https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-1
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Saw this video a couple of weeks ago, ive never seen another like it thats been shot so well. Perhaps they should show this on the news at ten?
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| Tungtvann wrote: | | Rogerborg wrote: | We created Islamic sectarianism? That's some shouldering of the white man's burden there. |
We created the vacuum where it's been able to get to this level. |
We removed a dictatorship.
That gave the Iraqis an opportunity to build something better.
They chose not to. They chose to vote along sectarian lines, for no-compromise power grabbers who have brought petty tribal conflicts to all levels of government.
The consequences of their choices are on them, not us.
Unless your position is that instead of trusting Iraqis with democracy that we should have maintained our (well, the Septics') benign dictatorship indefinitely? An eternal protectorate?
| Tungtvann wrote: | Stop making me explain things which you already know! |
Sometimes things get clearer when you explain them.
I'm genuinely not sure what you're saying though.
If we hadn't engaged in George and Tony's Excellent Warventure, do you imagine that 2014 Iraq would be any different? It could have turned out as well as Libya? ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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| Tungtvann wrote: | I don't believe invading Iraq in 2003 was a good idea. No, I don't think Iraq would be a nice country whether we'd gone in or not. I'd just much rather have not lost several hundred fellow soldiers and spent billions of pounds to have the end result we do now. |
Actually, I almost fully agree with you. The whole thing was a ridiculous folly, perpetrated by an incoherent cabal cynical plutocrats and religious zealots with no overall plan for what they were trying to achieve.
Pretty much like all of our previous Imperial adventures, really.
The only point on which I differ is that we are in any way responsible for the choices that Iraqis have made when given the opportunity to do so.
tl;dr - I can separate any vague guilt-by-association for "our" screw ups from feeling any shred of responsibility for "their" savage zealotry.
This must be a bit like how Saint Tony Blair feels, now that I think about it.  ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 11 years, 182 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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