Post by Keith on May 24, 2007 23:30:06 GMT -8
I'm not much of a fan of the term "racism" because there's no genetic difference between Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, etc. The better and more correct term to use should be prejudice. In other part of the world such as the United States, the prejudice is with the color of ones skin and ones own sexual preferences. In the Middle East, the prejudice revolves around religious preferences and what group of a person belongs to.
The prejudice has been around for many centuries. But there's been more bloodshed within the the mid-20th century carrying onto the present day 21st century. I'm not that familiar with the history of the prejudice. It mirrors the concept of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" with the Houses of Montahue and Capulet fighting it out for many centuries. The reasons they've been prejudicial to each other have been long forgotten. Only thing that remains is their grudge against one another. What's going on in the Middle East is pretty much the same thing but in place of two families, we have various groups of people and various sects of religious faiths.
Kurds have gotten the short end of the straw. Plus they've been on the receiving end of a mass genocide under the former regime of Saddam Hussein. In the Middle East, the prejudice has led to mass bloodshed. In Iraq, the Kurds were being slaughtered left and right. United States intervention had just made things far worse. A possible civil war within Iraq is brewing with US and Allied troops in the crossfire. Ever since Saddam was dethroned, things have gotten far worse than they have getting better.
Instead of Iraq being unified, it seems to be separated even more on the news. You have the Shi'ite majority, the Sunni minority, and Saddam's Bathists. For unknown reasons the Shi'ites and the Sunnis hate each other to the point where bloodshed is very common. With the new security force in place, there are sleeper agents in place forming up their own assassination squads. It's only going to cause distrust and more prejudice. You have the Shi'ite's going after the Sunnis. And then you have the Sunnis going after the Shi'ites. It's either driven by hatred and/or revenge for what happened.
The sad and disturbing part about it is that they're all Muslims. Only difference are the religious sects. Instead of handling things diplomatically, they allowed the obsession of revenge get the best of them. That just only fueled the hate and prejudice that's going to create more bloodshed. When the United States intervened, they should've also focused on building bridges between the Shiites and the Sunnis. But they didn't. Instead the Shiites decided to take revenge on the Sunnis. In turn the Sunnis retaliated fueling the cycle of hate and prejudice.
At the same time the US and Allied troops are stuck fighting against both groups just trying to survive.
What's going on is just one mere example of hate and prejudice in the Middle East. The other most notable example is the State of Israel and the State of Palestine which have been in conflict for many decades. A few years back, they had officially declared war on each other. Before that, it was just a bunch of skirmishes that resulted in a lot of bloodshed. I have a Palestinian friend who I asked on his opinion on what's going on. He answered that the battle wouldn't end unless one side was completely dead.
It was a disturbing yet disturbingly realistic answer at the same time. But I could possibly see where he was getting at.
The Jews after World War II were given land in the Middle East. The land belonged to the Palestinians. But in a sense the Jews that lived there centuries before and the Zionists in Europe after World War II are two different groups of people. In a sense, it's like descendants of African American slaves wanting reparations for what their ancestors had to go through. Giving land right off will basically alienate the group of people that's lived on that land for centuries. Imagine if your home that you've lived in all your life was just taken away. What would you do?
Hate and prejudice are everywhere. If not in one form, it'll be existant in another form. There are two factors that cause hate and prejudice: people that just hate for no apparant reason or had forgotten their reasons and obsession about the past.
We have to let go and move on. In the case of what's going on in the Middle East, it's easier said than done.
www.helium.com/tm/261679/racism-because-theres-genetic
The prejudice has been around for many centuries. But there's been more bloodshed within the the mid-20th century carrying onto the present day 21st century. I'm not that familiar with the history of the prejudice. It mirrors the concept of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" with the Houses of Montahue and Capulet fighting it out for many centuries. The reasons they've been prejudicial to each other have been long forgotten. Only thing that remains is their grudge against one another. What's going on in the Middle East is pretty much the same thing but in place of two families, we have various groups of people and various sects of religious faiths.
Kurds have gotten the short end of the straw. Plus they've been on the receiving end of a mass genocide under the former regime of Saddam Hussein. In the Middle East, the prejudice has led to mass bloodshed. In Iraq, the Kurds were being slaughtered left and right. United States intervention had just made things far worse. A possible civil war within Iraq is brewing with US and Allied troops in the crossfire. Ever since Saddam was dethroned, things have gotten far worse than they have getting better.
Instead of Iraq being unified, it seems to be separated even more on the news. You have the Shi'ite majority, the Sunni minority, and Saddam's Bathists. For unknown reasons the Shi'ites and the Sunnis hate each other to the point where bloodshed is very common. With the new security force in place, there are sleeper agents in place forming up their own assassination squads. It's only going to cause distrust and more prejudice. You have the Shi'ite's going after the Sunnis. And then you have the Sunnis going after the Shi'ites. It's either driven by hatred and/or revenge for what happened.
The sad and disturbing part about it is that they're all Muslims. Only difference are the religious sects. Instead of handling things diplomatically, they allowed the obsession of revenge get the best of them. That just only fueled the hate and prejudice that's going to create more bloodshed. When the United States intervened, they should've also focused on building bridges between the Shiites and the Sunnis. But they didn't. Instead the Shiites decided to take revenge on the Sunnis. In turn the Sunnis retaliated fueling the cycle of hate and prejudice.
At the same time the US and Allied troops are stuck fighting against both groups just trying to survive.
What's going on is just one mere example of hate and prejudice in the Middle East. The other most notable example is the State of Israel and the State of Palestine which have been in conflict for many decades. A few years back, they had officially declared war on each other. Before that, it was just a bunch of skirmishes that resulted in a lot of bloodshed. I have a Palestinian friend who I asked on his opinion on what's going on. He answered that the battle wouldn't end unless one side was completely dead.
It was a disturbing yet disturbingly realistic answer at the same time. But I could possibly see where he was getting at.
The Jews after World War II were given land in the Middle East. The land belonged to the Palestinians. But in a sense the Jews that lived there centuries before and the Zionists in Europe after World War II are two different groups of people. In a sense, it's like descendants of African American slaves wanting reparations for what their ancestors had to go through. Giving land right off will basically alienate the group of people that's lived on that land for centuries. Imagine if your home that you've lived in all your life was just taken away. What would you do?
Hate and prejudice are everywhere. If not in one form, it'll be existant in another form. There are two factors that cause hate and prejudice: people that just hate for no apparant reason or had forgotten their reasons and obsession about the past.
We have to let go and move on. In the case of what's going on in the Middle East, it's easier said than done.
www.helium.com/tm/261679/racism-because-theres-genetic