Kudos to the San Francisco Chronicle's Rob Morse for today's column about Assyrian-American immigrants from Iraq. This is a community which has suffered greatly under Saddam and which supports military action to topple his regime. I wonder if any of the so-called "peace activists" will bother to listen to, and learn from the Assyrians
At Friday's dinner, Youel A. Baaba, a literary scholar and patriarch of the Assyrian Aid Society, spoke in the Assyrian language about how few people knew of the 200 Assyrian villages destroyed by Hussein and people forcibly relocated to undesirable places. "Sadly, not too many people are aware of the atrocities committed against Assyrians or their deplorable living conditions in Iraq," he said.and
"Whatever happens, it will happen for the best," said Los Angeles developer Pierre Toulakany. "It couldn't be worse that what we've had, with chemical weapons used against our people.Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 18, 2002 04:07 PM
Oh no. Let us not let facts get in the way of our thinking. If it is wrong to kill, it is wrong to kill. We aren't responsible for what Saddam has done to his people, or those unfortunate enough to come under his power. We're for peace! -- even if it is the peace of the grave.
Posted by: Dee Bates on November 19, 2002 03:37 PM