Irish families to take in Iraqi families

rustyzip wrote: »

5 pages of reply and no advice as to who to go to for further info!

Nodin wrote: »

Their GDP is 30 Billion. Ours is 162 Billion

O. so its just naked sectarianism then?

yellowlabrador wrote: »

Part of the reason for the invasion of Kuwait was that Saddam thought that the US would let him, as they'd been arming him in his war against Iran. A lot of politics in the Middle East is based on'the enemy of my enemy' basis and leads to quite strange alliances.

Azwaldo55 wrote: »

You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

Iraq invaded Iran via air and land on 22 September 1980 and the resulting war lasted until 20 August 1988.

Iraq invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and an US led coalition of Western and Arab states ejected the Iraqis before the conflict came to an end in 28 February 1991.

Iraq had massive stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and was seeking nuclear arms for many years prior to 1991 and UN inspectors were authorized to investigate and destroy them.

Saddam ignored repeated UN resolutions and in 2003 all the major world powers were convinced Saddam still possessed them but this could not be verified unless inspectors were admitted.

When Hans Blix and his team were finally let in under threat of force, Saddam and his regime continued to hold up and interfere in inspections. Hans Blix briefed the UN of this fact.

UN resolution 1441 authorize military force to be used if Iraq did not co-operate. Iraq did not co-operate but China and Russia and France opposed military force. The US ignored them and went ahead and overthrew Saddam.

The US introduced a constitution which was overwhelmingly accepted by Iraqi voters and introduced a democratic local government system, national parliament, Prime Minister and President all of whom have since been repeated elected by millions of Iraqis. Independent courts sentenced Saddam and his henchmen for crimes against humanity.

While US forces were pacifying Iraq they and the Iraqi security forces and also hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were attacked and killed by Islamist terrorists.

Bush warned that US military commitment in Iraq would last decades just as the US were committed to Japan and Germany post WW2 and oversaw their transition to democracy and freedom. He predicted that if troops were withdrawn too soon the country would be taken over by Islamic terrorists.

Obama riding a wave of cynicism and anti-war sentiment entered the White House promising a withdrawal from Iraq.

He withdrew the troops and since then Iraq has collapsed as Islamists have taken over just as Bush predicted.

This mess was created by Saddam who launched delusion wars of conquest and by Islamist who are determined to create an Islamic Caliphate and by the utterly irresponsible decision of Obama to wash his hands of the country and abandon the Iraqi people to terrorists.

Nodin wrote: »

Not sure who that all refers to, as it doesn't relate to what I pointed out at all.

Will you take the UN's word for it?
2005 - "An independent investigator for the UN says racism in Japan is deep and profound, and the government does not recognise the depth of the problem."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4671687.stm

April 2010 – Migrants in Japan face discrimination, exploitation and other forms of mistreatment, an independent United Nations human rights expert said, urging the Japanese Government to strengthen their protection.
“They [migrants] still face a range of challenges, including racism and discrimination, exploitation, a tendency by the judiciary and police to ignore their rights, and the overall lack of a comprehensive immigration policy that incorporates human rights protection,” said Jorge A. Bustamante, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, at the end of a nine-day visit to Japan on Wednesday.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34263#.U_iuLJNOPDA

None of this says everyone in Japan is a racist.

While the deadly racist and xenophobic fires still smoldered in South Africa’s anti-immigrant unrest, only a week later Mr. Diene was in Los Angeles visiting a job center, asking questions about racism of immigrant workers, presumably some of whom were illegal.

Diene wanted to know if the U.S. employers were racist. A group of workers who had traveled across country said yes, employers often asked the race of workers.

But as Lisa Richardson of The Los Angeles Times reported they also said “there is less racism but employers are miserly.”

Not racist but cheap.

But not always.

Richardson quoted a worker named Diego telling Diene, "The Irish? People of Irish descent? Very strict, very disciplined, very racist; but they pay you very well. Nineteen dollars an hour." (Please note, the workers themselves described their employers in racist terms.)

Nodin wrote: »

Post 25.

So you've nothing to add with regard to either the Japanese sidetrack, or the topic?