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Grins

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2. Not just the Druze in the south and on the coast, also the Kurds in the NE.

Reply to Ken Dayenu (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:15 PM

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On a PBS documentary a some time ago. Military beat and PUBLICLY MURDERED Druze on the coast, then went back on their word to the Kurds in the NE.

The critical issue: The new constitution brought religious clerics into power. It provided for Sharia to be the legal basis for law.

If there needs to be another reason for the separation of church and state, here it is!

The sad part is that the Syrians, finally free is Assad, brought it on themselves.

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Aside from the order of magnitude difference in body count, the Oct. 7th atrocity and Eugene Monday #1

Not just the Druze in the south and on the coast, also the Kurds in the NE. Grins Monday #2

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Order of magnitude won't make a difference Ken Dayenu Monday #3

Not at all. But it does serve as nice deflection. AloeVera Monday #5

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