tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post99082116130766420..comments2023-11-30T00:41:47.585-08:00Comments on Shreds: Can We Lose What We Never Had?Ginohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-31870469799386203672014-06-30T13:55:10.529-07:002014-06-30T13:55:10.529-07:00Hasidic would be 3rd-4th century, when the Talmuds...Hasidic would be 3rd-4th century, when the Talmuds were completed, I believe. And for that matter, I subscribe to a lot of ideas from 4000BC to the years of Christ. So an idea being ancient does not make it untenable.<br /><br />What makes an ideology untenable is the idea that because of your (whatever century) ideology, you're somehow entitled to launch rocket attacks from hospitals and elementary schools at the same. I see only one side doing this, and their flag is not blue and white.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-8465571927665653852014-06-24T23:48:04.446-07:002014-06-24T23:48:04.446-07:00fine point, John. Kurdistan actually covers parts ...fine point, John. Kurdistan actually covers parts of 3-4 nations as the lines are currently drawn.<br /><br />to be fair, the kurds should not have to settle with a small section of Iraq. they should have their country, the land they have occupied all this time, as their homeland.<br />Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-8094006483214078352014-06-24T04:02:18.480-07:002014-06-24T04:02:18.480-07:00I think the likelihood of the Kurds getting the na...I think the likelihood of the Kurds getting the nation-state they deserve is, at best, unrealistic. It seems unlikely Turkey would tolerate that potential, and based on what went on after the first gulf war the Kurds would not be happy with just a small region in Northern Iraq. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361837738099549106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-72018569678455329092014-06-24T01:21:17.852-07:002014-06-24T01:21:17.852-07:00you speak of 7th century ideas, and their danger.....you speak of 7th century ideas, and their danger... i hear ya, its like the strangle-hold hasids and orthodox jews have over more sensible policies in Israel.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-26975673553501919322014-06-13T07:31:10.406-07:002014-06-13T07:31:10.406-07:00I'm not quite so sanguine about the matter. O...I'm not quite so sanguine about the matter. One of the nasty outcomes already from the war is that most Christians and Jews have left the country due to mounting oppression and terrorism. So there is at least enough affinity for 7th century ideas (sorry, not 15th) to intimidate the sane faction, whether that faction is a minority or a majority.<br /><br />And for ignoring pleas for air strikes against terrorist factions for a month while they got into position to strike: Heckuva job, Barry.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.com