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Posted by Don (Guest) - Saturday, April 29 2006, 21:26:39 (CEST)
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"Don,
But I don't believe that Assyrians are really entitled to a homeland. Assyrians should be able to live in peace without being harmed needlessly, but that should be for all ethnic, cultural, and otherwise minority groups."

---Actually, that statement was towards Farid. I was saying how like you, I agreed with your line of reasoning. However, you brought up that one example and I was inclined to bring up mine.

"The Nunavut people and the Armenians had lands less than a couple hundred years ago. The Armenians had a short lived state in the early 1900s and the Inuit were the indigeneous people when Canada was settled. How recent that is when compared to a 4000 year history."

---Sorry, I may be misreading your point. What I'm trying to say is that Armenians had a country a long time ago and were able to regain it recently, despite the fact that Kurds and Turks live in their country.

"I'll tell you what would have saved nasha diyyan. If we would have held weekly rallies HERE IN THE US in front of government buildings and other visible public places to protest against the US foreign policy vis-a-vis Iraq and Iran in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, (and, of course 2000s), then we might have swayed public opinion against such ridiculous genocidal wars. As the majority of Iraqis in this country are OUR people, this would have been feasible. I don't know what percentage of Iranians in the US are of our subset...but that is really not the issue here. The issue is public perception."

---I agree with you in that the wars were bad for all of us.

"The same is true in the homeland. Chaldeans were very well off in Iraq; Assyrians not so much. It's all about being able to be a part of the greater culture while maintaining one's own."

---With all due respect, the chaldean sect was very well off following the rise of the Baath party simply because they signed onto Pan-Arabism. They spoke Arabic better than the Arabs of Chol. Assyrians (those of the ACOTE for the majority and some from other later sects) did not sign onto that. That was the main reason Saddam feared the late Mar Shimun Eshai. I know this because I am from his family. As for your last point, I agree with you very much, but I call that "greater culture" - Assyrian. I don't count Assyrian as part of a thing that's bigger than it. And by Assyrian, please don't think I mean "christian."


KHAYA ASHUR / ZEND'E BAAD ASHUR / YAHYA ASHUR



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