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ekklesiawarrior1 year, 1 month ago
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Telegraph:
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Eighteen years ago, Rashin Soodmand's father was hanged in Iran for converting to Christianity. Now her brother is in a Mashad jail, and expects to be executed under new religious laws brought in this summer
Life for Rashin Soodmand, her siblings and her mother became extremely difficult after her father was executed in Iran for the 'crime' of abandoning his religion
David Miliband, Britain's Foreign Secretary, stands out as one of the few politicians from any Western country who has put on record his opposition to making apostasy a crime punishable by death.
The protest from the EU has been distinctly muted; meanwhile, Germany, Iran's largest foreign trading partner, has just increased its business deals with Iran by more than half. Characteristically, the United Nations has said nothing.
It is a sign of how little interest there is in Iran's intention to launch a campaign of religious persecution that its parliamentary vote has still not been reported in the mainstream media.-
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smithichie1 year, 1 month ago
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The thing is, America also supported Germany in WW 2 until shortly before entering the war. As late as 1940 there were still foks, such as the VP of General Motors, Herst and Lindbergh calling for the support of the Nazis.
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Ford and GM built the majority of trucks and troop transports that Germany used to invade Poland with. After the war Ford even had the gall to demand reparations from the US for damages done to their plants from allied bombing.-
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memestryker1 year, 1 month ago
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And the U.S. did the right thing and jumped into the middle of it, although they were still reeling from recovery from the Great Depression. There are always people in a group that favor various positions, but the U.S. did take a strong anti-Nazi position they really couldn't afford to take and helped defeat the Nazis that had the support of a huge majority of the American people. My father and many of my family fought in that war, and nothing anyone can say will diminish their commitment, or that of the U.S., to stop Nazis and other fascists.
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memestryker1 year, 1 month ago
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Clarification and correction.
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I stated "...and helped defeat the Nazis that had the support of a huge majority of the American people."
I meant "...and helping to defeat the Nazis had the support of a huge majority of the American people." -
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smithichie1 year, 1 month ago
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I wouldn't say we "jumped right into it", it took Pearl Harbor after all. Even then we didn't declare war on Germany, they declared war on us after we declared war on Japan. Again, not the best example of jumping into the middle of it.
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Yes the US finally did the right thing, and I honor both of my grandfather's service in that war, but that doesn't mean I only have to view that war and the lead up to it with only rose colored glasses.
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Thinker221 year ago
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> The thing is, America also supported Germany in WW 2 until shortly before entering the war. As late as 1940 there were still foks...
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I'm afraid that you don't understand the difference between 'America' (a STATE) and 'folks' (INDIVIDUALS). While it's the GOVERNMENT (democratically elected or otherwise) determines what a STATE would or would not support INDIVIDUALS (such a Mr. Ford) can only decide what THEY (these INDIVIDUALS) would support and even that only within the limitations of the law.
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Thinker221 year ago
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> ...how many people do you think have been bombed or shot to death in Iraq for being Muslim?
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A lot. Tribal mass murders are common between Muslims. Shia Muslims kill people for being Sunni Muslims and Sunni Muslims are doing the same to Shia Muslims.
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