Syria 2012

[BigRob]

It may be true that not all interests are long term. For example getting elected is a short term interest for most politicians. However as a historian I think the important interests are long term. All historians now agree with lost in Vietnam. Surely we should take this into account before we intervene in Syria. Australia has been in every war that the USa was engaged in the past. Now some of us want a more independent policy.

I tend to take the approach that the long term is simply a collection of short terms.

 

[cashmcall]

The more the terminally corrupt United Nations is discredited, the better

[Canadian] Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird calls it a "sick joke" that the government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad could get a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.

"It would do irreparable damage to the United Nations and likely would be the biggest blow that the United Nations has taken since its formation," Baird said during a teleconference Friday after the Friends of the Syrian People meeting in Paris. "What Assad needs to be facing is the International Criminal Court to face charges for committing crimes against humanities, he and his henchmen."
Syria is a candidate in the 2013 election for seats on the council.

The council condemned Syria on Friday for human rights violations, but UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer says it watered down a U.S. proposal to specifically rule out Syria's candidacy.

"We had a reference that all countries need to the meet the standards of membership, but there was no express rejection of Syria's candidacy," Neuer told QMI Agency. "At this point, the possibility that Syria will run next year is still on the table."

Neuer says it's also worrisome that Canada and other western governments haven't spoken out about Pakistan and Venezuela likely winning council seats in November.

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly criticized the governments of both countries.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Wasn't the late Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran the head of the Women's Rights Division for a time?

 

[dogtowner]

Wasn't the late Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran the head of the Women's Rights Division for a time?

but they LOVE (to beat and otherwise abuse) their women there !

 

[Johnny Tremain]

but they LOVE (to beat and otherwise abuse) their women there !

Muslims? Can this be so?
There are pockets around our nation which have always had a similar tradition. Without the burden of islam.

 

[dogtowner]

Muslims? Can this be so?
There are pockets around our nation which have always had a similar tradition. Without the burden of islam.

those burkas are handy for hiding bruises etc

 

[Johnny Tremain]

those burkas are handy for hiding bruises etc

That is how they came about, I think.
Can anyone think of any other logical reason?

 

[dogtowner]

That is how they came about, I think.
Can anyone think of any other logical reason?

I'm reminded of the adjective "two bagger" but there are many attractive muslim women so its looking more reasonable that the concealment angle has validity

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I'm reminded of the adjective "two bagger" but there are many attractive muslim women so its looking more reasonable that the concealment angle has validity

How would a person know?

These glasses are quite popular behind the Red Crescent Curtain

http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2011/12/darling-pet-munkee-x-ray-specs-music.html

 

[Aus22]

That is how they came about, I think.
Can anyone think of any other logical reason?

The Burka was originally worn to keep the desert sands of you iong before Islam. It is now used by some Muslims to show how pure they are, like a nun's habit

 

[Johnny Tremain]

The Burka was originally worn to keep the desert sands of you iong before Islam. It is now used by some Muslims to show how pure they are, like a nun's habit

Of course, nuns are not married to men though.

 

[dogtowner]

The Burka was originally worn to keep the desert sands of you iong before Islam. It is now used by some Muslims to show how pure they are, like a nun's habit

That explains why the men also wear them too. Oh wait....

They are intended to eliminate feminine allure to unintended men. I suppose you could make the nun comparison there as they are married (platonically) to Christ and are to remain pure to demonstrate their bond.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

That explains why the men also wear them too. Oh wait....

They are intended to eliminate feminine allure to unintended men. I suppose you could make the nun comparison there as they are married (platonically) to Christ and are to remain pure to demonstrate their bond.

Like one might be platonically married to the Dallas Cowboys?

 

[Cruella]

Rape is a real problem in those cultures. The modesty laws I suppose help to curb that. Packing heat would make a better deterrant, but half their men would disappear.

 

[dogtowner]

Like one might be platonically married to the Dallas Cowboys?

no.