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rdean
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So, you're now saying that you don't think the government should have specifically helped Iraqi Christians? Which is it then? Why don't you qualify your point more thoroughly then and explain what this thread was all about?
EITHER
you help the Christians and ONLY the Christians
OR
You completely ignore them and whatever happens, happens.
Is that how you see it?
For those on the right in this country, it's always "either/or". They live in a world of "Line Art". Everything is so conveniently "good/evil", "right/wrong", "black/white".
Unfortunately for them, life comes in shades and colors. Rarely are choices, like solutions - "simple".
WTF are you talking about? Are you a complete idiot? You're complaining that the US government didn't specifically help a religious group of people?? You think the US government should have specifically helped the Christians in Iraq? In what way? Why don't you define for me how you would have expected the US government to help Iraqi christians that they wouldn't have done for any other Iraqi citizen regardless of religious affiliation?
The US helped the "Muslims".
Full Text of Iraqi Constitution - washingtonpost.com
Article 2:
First: Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation:
A. No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established.
-----You can't say Republcians didn't influence the Iraqi's when they were creating their consitution. They were able to include a Public Option:
Article 31:
First: Every citizen has the right to health care. The state takes care of public health and provide the means of prevention and treatment by building different types of hospitals and medical institutions.
Second: Individuals and institutions may build hospitals or clinics or places for treatment with the supervision of the state and this shall be regulated by law.
-------Representation by women:
Article 47:
Fourth: The elections law aims to achieve a percentage of women representation not less than one-quarter of the Council of Representatives members.
--------The iraqi's would never have come up with that on their own. They put women in bags. Of course, since women can't leave home without a male excort and are no longer educated, very few will ever take one of those seats.
The women of Iraq - part I - Radio Netherlands Worldwide - English
Iraqi women were among the most modern in the Middle East: highly educated, often working outside the home and dressed according to the latest fashion. Four years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, they have lost most of their liberties, and both Muslim and Christian women risk their lives just walking the streets without a veil.
Iraqi women are losing more ground every day. She does not want to trivialise Saddam Hussein's atrocities, but argues that Iraqi women have far less rights today than they did under the former dictator.