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https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2 ... -property/Erdogan seems intent on completing the religious cleansing of Turkey's historic Christian populations, which began more than a century ago with the Armenian genocide, and later with the genocide and exodus of the Pontic Greek population.
Because it's not "just" a religion. These are people being marginalized and dehumanized just as the Jews were in Nazi Germany.Tunnelcat wrote:What I don't understand is why an atheist would even care about one particular religion's plight?
Sooo, that means we need to wipe them out first, all 2.18 billion of them?Nightshade wrote:Because it's not "just" a religion. These are people being marginalized and dehumanized just as the Jews were in Nazi Germany.Tunnelcat wrote:What I don't understand is why an atheist would even care about one particular religion's plight?
It's a prelude to genocide (just as the Ottoman Empire killed Armenian people in its' genocide of non-muslims before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide )
In fact, genocide is written into islamic law. If you are not muslim or submit to islam, you are to be wiped out.
By "them" who do you mean? Christians?Tunnelcat wrote:Sooo, that means we need to wipe them out first, all 2.18 billion of them?
She means 2.8 billion muslims, you [Deleted - Personal Shot].By "them" who do you mean?
So it's implied that the "only" solution is to commit genocide in kind. Such is the stupidity of the (regressive) left.Ferno wrote:She means 2.8 billion muslims, you [Deleted - Personal Shot].
Nightshade wrote:So it's implied that the "only" solution is to commit genocide in kind. Such is the stupidity of the (regressive) left.Ferno wrote:She means 2.8 billion muslims, you [Deleted - Personal Shot].
Yes- there are concrete things we can do like applying heavier and heavier sanctions against those governments that abridge human rights in any way. Of course many of those things will NEVER be done because those countries "importance" as 'allies' or trading partners outweighs our apparent concern for human rights- Saudi Arabia/Turkey/Pakistan/etc.Tunnelcat wrote:I'd at least like to hear a response from him to my above post at least. If he's got a better solution or idea for the issue he raised in his OP, I'm all ears.
Well NS, as long as any country has some resource or strategic location we need, we'll deal with them as an "ally" even if their leader is the worst despot with the worst human rights record on the planet. Capitalism and national security will always top human rights concerns with this country's foreign policy. In the end, we'll look like the hypocrites we are whenever we whine about how some other nation is treating the least of it's citizens.Nightshade wrote:Yes- there are concrete things we can do like applying heavier and heavier sanctions against those governments that abridge human rights in any way. Of course many of those things will NEVER be done because those countries "importance" as 'allies' or trading partners outweighs our apparent concern for human rights- Saudi Arabia/Turkey/Pakistan/etc.Tunnelcat wrote:I'd at least like to hear a response from him to my above post at least. If he's got a better solution or idea for the issue he raised in his OP, I'm all ears.
It's easy to do against a country like North Korea because we have no strategic common interests with lil' Kim and he's easy to isolate as a pariah among nations to begin with.
no, like the sanctions that followed a period of freer trade that ended up bringing down the Soviet Union.Spidey wrote:You mean the sanctions that forced Russia to give back Crimea?
You mean the sanctions that are keeping Russian soldiers out of Ukraine?
You mean the sanctions that are making Russia behave in Syria?
You mean the sanctions that will keep Russia from meddling with elections around the world?
You mean the sanctions that prevented Russia from dropping the ransom-ware bomb on Ukraine?
You mean those sanctions?
true, it also took a concerted effort by an organized and robust State Department for years.........oh, snap!Spidey wrote:It took a hell of a lot more than sanctions to bring down the Soviet Union.
What State Department? Trump's royal family is handling everything. Tillerson is just a figurehead running a mostly empty department that still contains a few Obama holdovers.callmeslick wrote:true, it also took a concerted effort by an organized and robust State Department for years.........oh, snap!Spidey wrote:It took a hell of a lot more than sanctions to bring down the Soviet Union.
