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LooseWilly

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7. It is interesting that this post highlights the creation of ethnic antagonisms...

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 09:11 PM

Jul 2014

" ... to adopt these terms uncritically plays into the mechanics by which the citizens of a formerly multi-language secular republic are being turned into ethnically motivated antagonists."

I have recently also heard that lament from Iraqis, who seem to feel they had a government and society that concerned itself with issues, but which has now been re-ordered along ethnic and sectarian lines... as a result of the government foisted on them by the US occupation.

The irony, considering the efforts that seem to always be made inside the US to increase sectarian and ethnic tensions, is a little spooky, in fact.

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It is interesting that this post highlights the creation of ethnic antagonisms... LooseWilly Jul 2014 #7

That's definitely the type of thing we need to be discussing - TBF Jul 2014 #8

good question..excellent analogy and I agree, it's spooky. 2banon Jul 2014 #10

Excellent analysis TBF thanks for reposting Jack Riddler's OP to this forum 2banon Jul 2014 #9