February 19, 2007
When visiting Kurdistan, one can see nation-building wherever one looks—Kurds are building their country day by day. There are more cranes here than minarets and there’s a run on cement. A new mall with 8,000 shops and stalls is going up. So is an apartment complex known as "Dream City," in which some of the units are selling for $1 million. A giant bowling alley is almost finished, and an opera house is not far behind. What’s behind the boom? Security.
You can watch the video here.
stein hoist: He Who No Make Fire ugh.
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Persians don't hate Kurds. In fact, the two ethnicities have the same roots.
The Islamic Regime of Iran, however, does hate them and has on many occasions in the past 27 years harassed and murdered innocent Kurds. But of course, this brutailty is to be expected from the IRI since Islamists are quintessentially bigots.
[FYI The Persian language and the Kurdish language have the same grammar and
derive from a common root called "Pahlavi" which western historians
call middle Iranian.]
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at February 19, 2007 05:40 PM (vixLB)
The Kurds don't seem to have any friends in the MSM. It's nice to see a little boost in their 'ratings'. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 19, 2007 05:46 PM (2OHpj)
Sure, it was thousands of years ago, but I can carry a grudge.
:-)
Posted by: Vinnie at February 19, 2007 05:56 PM (fdAim)
Posted by: Ken Hoop at February 19, 2007 06:32 PM (DZbll)
As for the Kurds, I can see two reasons why they are flourishing:
a) Their own culture which is a culture of life and work as opposed to Islamist death and destruction
b) The fact that Kurdistan has been rid of tyrannts like Saddam for about 15 years thanks to the shared bravery of the coalition forces and the Kurds themselves. [Kurdistan was a no-fly zone for Saddam for nearly a decade before Operation Iraqi Freedom.]
And as for Thermopylae: Have a look at the book of Queen Esther in the Old Testament. She tells you what kind of man King Xerxes was :-)
Best
-GM
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at February 19, 2007 08:49 PM (vixLB)
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at February 19, 2007 08:52 PM (vixLB)
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 19, 2007 09:40 PM (2OHpj)
Posted by: Darth Vag at February 19, 2007 09:42 PM (b0FZu)
Posted by: Vinnie at February 19, 2007 10:48 PM (fdAim)
Ken Poop. Shut up asshole. May your muslim boyfriend give you the camel clap.
Posted by: greyrooster at February 20, 2007 01:54 AM (PFUNQ)
The post World War(s) carve up seems to have caused more wars than any other single event.
Posted by: TexAg03 at February 20, 2007 09:50 AM (LHH4s)
Posted by: greyrooster at February 20, 2007 09:47 PM (XmI6X)
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