Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Marko Attila Hoare (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 08:58.
"Well, gee thanks, Dr. Hoare. I don't suppose you would deign to tell us in 100 words or so why you think Kosova is or (as we suspect) is not equivalent to Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Transnistria?"
In a nutshell, I don't support the right of larger, predatory regional powers to expand at the expense of smaller, weaker countries. 'Self-determination' for Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria in the present context means the expansion of Russia at the expense of Georgia and Moldova.
Equally, I would support self-determination for Palestine (i.e. the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem). And indeed for Israel in its pre-1967 borders. But I would not support 'self-determination' for the Israeli settlements in the West Bank - their right to join Israel. Nor would I support 'self-determination' for Northern Cyprus.
I have no problem with the idea of self-determination for Abkhazia and South Ossetia - provided Russia allows its own North Caucasian autonomous regions the same right to secede.
I would support self-determination for Scotland, Wales, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Corsica, the Kurds (in Turkey, Iran and Iraq).
What about you, Bill ? Would you support self-determination for the Israeli settlements in the West Bank ? For Bosnia's Republika Srpska ? For the Sudetenland in 1938 ?
Btw I'm not here to score points; this is a genuinely interesting, important and difficult issue, one that needs to be discussed.
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"Well, gee thanks, Dr. Hoare. I don't suppose you would deign to tell us in 100 words or so why you think Kosova is or (as we suspect) is not equivalent to Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Transnistria?"
In a nutshell, I don't support the right of larger, predatory regional powers to expand at the expense of smaller, weaker countries. 'Self-determination' for Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria in the present context means the expansion of Russia at the expense of Georgia and Moldova.
Equally, I would support self-determination for Palestine (i.e. the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem). And indeed for Israel in its pre-1967 borders. But I would not support 'self-determination' for the Israeli settlements in the West Bank - their right to join Israel. Nor would I support 'self-determination' for Northern Cyprus.
I have no problem with the idea of self-determination for Abkhazia and South Ossetia - provided Russia allows its own North Caucasian autonomous regions the same right to secede.
I would support self-determination for Scotland, Wales, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Corsica, the Kurds (in Turkey, Iran and Iraq).
What about you, Bill ? Would you support self-determination for the Israeli settlements in the West Bank ? For Bosnia's Republika Srpska ? For the Sudetenland in 1938 ?
Btw I'm not here to score points; this is a genuinely interesting, important and difficult issue, one that needs to be discussed.