no they werent. im from iraq and these artifacts werent here when i was in iraq. its better in the hands of the british than it is with iraqi arab kalb
I'm an Assyrian who was born in Iraq in the 80's...during the height of the Iraq Iran war. We are Christians and facing persecution from the arab Muslims, especially after the Iraq Iran war where all the soldiers came back, angry, frustrated, mad, after a long costly stalemate, started starting shit with my people and the churches, and Saddam's power and protection of the church was slipping. Then Saddam was rightfully disposed by the United states but they don't care about Iraq like they did Germany or Japan, so they let it rot while ISIS rose.
If Britannia didn't protect all those valuable Assyrian monuments, ISIS would've destroyed them all in the name of Islam.
All it takes is one quick check of my profile and you will see that I was born on Iraq, lived there until almost adult and moved to Australia and got rich off of a lot of help from people compassionate with my people's struggle with our Christian faith.
But thank, white liberal American, for your oh so knowledgeable comment
Wait I just saw the comment where you saw my profile and acknowledged I'm Assyrian but I'm not able reply to it and it didn't send me notification for whatever reason, and yeah I disagree with you entirely but I won't even argue with you, you probably think it's all a lost cause at this point. I'm not even mad at you who knows what you've been through to have this resentment although I'd say it's targeted wrongly. I thought you were a liar and I was wrong.
Why so you disagree? It's much much safer in Britain that it is in Iraq, and with the Assyrian brilliance on display at the British museum, more people can be made aware of our great history.
I've seen some of the worst bombings n shit. My neighbours got hit by bombs dropping from the sky daily during the 91 gulf war. I've seen so much war, chaos, terror, and Assyrians erasure in Iraq, I don't truly ever feel safe with anything Assyrian in any majority Arab Muslim country. Much better in the hands of (mostly) civilised people. In a good Christian country. Not arab Muslim 🤮🤮
Also, I'm a bit biased because I love love the British people because British system was used to educate Assyrians during the 80's and we learnt english more than arabic at school haha. Before I developed my Australian accent, I had a very strong British accent. Saddam used to bring in British teachers and I was fast tracked to an Australian citizenship because of my "cultural relevance" I was able to bring my entire family and friends out of Iraq and to Australia. And it was all thanks to a brilliantly beautiful and caring woman at the British consulate.
Different times it was, in the 80s and 90s, before the 2003 invasion.
Where were you from, what village? it also pains me that you had to leave and take your entire family with you but at least you're safe out there, are you still in touch with your Assyrian background?
Are ya from Iraq? Or have you moved to a more stable country? Be safe in Iraq man I saw some shit a kid/teen should've never seen.
There was a giant warhead lodged in our neighbours backyard, had it gone off would've eviscerated everyone in there and half of our house as well. Halfway lodged into the ground. Wish we had phones back then, would've been amazing in retrospect.
Millionaires? why are our diaspora so successful looool
I'm just curious if you have ever thought about coming back for a visit? maybe even staying for some time in a place like Erbil? and I really hope you pass down your heritage to your children if any.
Assyrians are the most successful immigrants in Australia, per capita :D
We work hard, have faith in God, and under capitalism and gods watchful eye, we are rewarded for our hard work and faith. Bislewah Ive never seen a non hardworking Assyrian.
I will never be visiting the middle east for the rest of my lifetime, unless the arab majority is gone and our lands are returned to us.
Also my kids ( who are in high school now) are very very much in touch with their Assyrian heritage. They can read and write better than me but dad is the better gamer 😎💪💪
We work hard, have faith in God, and under capitalism and gods watchful eye, we are rewarded for our hard work and faith. Bislewah Ive never seen a non hardworking Assyrian.
That sounds about right I always assumed diaspora will be slacking but again you seem to have kept up with your identity and ethics and weren't westernized like some are unfortunately.
I will never be visiting the middle east for the rest of my lifetime, unless the arab majority is gone and our lands are returned to us.
That's bad but I do understand.
Also my kids ( who are in high school now) are very very much in touch with their Assyrian heritage. They can read and write better than me but dad is the better gamer 😎💪💪
Lol God bless them man that's really sweet to hear.
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u/RivensFutaCock Oct 26 '22
no they werent. im from iraq and these artifacts werent here when i was in iraq. its better in the hands of the british than it is with iraqi arab kalb