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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
What I find completely and hilariously ironic about the sunni minority is that they had no problem with the status quo when they were the ruling party during husseins regime, yet NOW that they are the minority in a soon to be free country they don't want to participate for fear of being pushed aside.
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I agree with you dksuddeth. It annoys me.
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Originally Posted by powerclown
Did you notice, the Palestineans just voted in their first democratic election in their entire history? The Iraqis will hopefully get that same chance in a few weeks.
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Simply not true. The first democratic municipal election in 30 years, but not "in their entire history".
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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
Well my hackles are unruffled.
All this talk of "insurgency" and "insurgents" is in reference to terrorists and old-regime holdouts, I suppose.
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I didn't intend to raise any heckles, or ruffle any feathers [sic]. I just thought it was an interesting story and wondered if we could safely accept the veracity of the (sometimes) appalling quotations.
With regards to "insurgency" and "insurgents", are you honestly labeling them all terrorists or Bath'ists? I think that is the
height of over-simplification if you are. Alternatively, I guess you could be taking the common "one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist" point of view; which is an entirely defensible opinion.
Mr Mephisto