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Re: missing
Posted by Jeff (Guest) - Saturday, April 29 2006, 16:43:57 (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.

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.

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.

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.

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Don wrote:
>What about Armenians? They got their's back.
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>Like Jeff, I agree with your line of reasoning, but I must say if there have been exceptions in history, we are no less than they are.
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>KHAYA ASHUR / ZEND'E BAAD ASHUR / YAHYA ASHUR



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