punditman says...
This is something Punditman has been saying for quite sometime: some of the very same people who are pretending to stand up for the Iranian protestors are often the same ones who would not want to take them in as political refugees and who would be the first to support initiating war against them. In other words, the very people they are pretending to defend are the ones that would be killed. Can you say hypocrites? Punditman can.
Given the unprecedented events of the last two weeks, what lies ahead for Iran – domestically and internationally?
Let's begin with ourselves. How many Iranian refugees are we willing to accept in Canada? After the 1956 Hungarian uprising, Canada took in 37,000 refugees. After the 1968 Prague spring, we took in 12,000. On a proportionate basis, we'd be taking between 78,000 and 240,000 Iranians.
How many hands do I see raised?
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This is something Punditman has been saying for quite sometime: some of the very same people who are pretending to stand up for the Iranian protestors are often the same ones who would not want to take them in as political refugees and who would be the first to support initiating war against them. In other words, the very people they are pretending to defend are the ones that would be killed. Can you say hypocrites? Punditman can.
Given the unprecedented events of the last two weeks, what lies ahead for Iran – domestically and internationally?
Let's begin with ourselves. How many Iranian refugees are we willing to accept in Canada? After the 1956 Hungarian uprising, Canada took in 37,000 refugees. After the 1968 Prague spring, we took in 12,000. On a proportionate basis, we'd be taking between 78,000 and 240,000 Iranians.
How many hands do I see raised?
Keep Reading...
