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07-23-2012, 06:07 PM | #21 |
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Um... because Americans love killing brown people? Brown also refers to oppressed peoples, victims of colonialism. Historically, Arabs were the conquering 'oppressors' not the oppressed and never experienced the oppression of colonialism. Arabs are not brown literally or figuratively. |
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07-23-2012, 06:23 PM | #22 |
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07-23-2012, 06:27 PM | #23 |
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We went to war because it was popular. Afterwards, it became unpopular because it didn't go as well as people hoped. They rationally updated their beliefs about the war once they saw the results. |
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07-23-2012, 07:35 PM | #24 |
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How far back is "historically"? Pretty sure the Arabs were conquered by the Ottoman Empire, then ruled by the British and French. I don't think the Middle Ages is what people are talking about when discussing "colonialism". |
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07-23-2012, 07:50 PM | #25 |
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What difference would it make if they were colonies? The first group, or Class A mandates, were territories formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire that were deemed to "... have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the Mandatory." How is a foreign country intervening (for 12 years in Iraq and ~20 in Palestine/Syria) to facilitate the transition to independence the same thing as colonialism? |
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07-23-2012, 08:08 PM | #26 |
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07-23-2012, 09:20 PM | #30 |
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07-23-2012, 09:54 PM | #31 |
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We went to war because it was popular. Afterwards, it became unpopular because it didn't go as well as people hoped. They rationally updated their beliefs about the war once they saw the results. |
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07-24-2012, 12:53 AM | #32 |
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07-24-2012, 01:16 AM | #33 |
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07-24-2012, 01:24 AM | #34 |
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Settling British nationals in an area annexed by Britain... that would be colonization. Well that settles it I guess, the Palestinians were never wronged and should shut up. |
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07-24-2012, 01:26 AM | #35 |
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