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	No nation...

earnric

4-14-2008 2:02 PM

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earnric says:

There is no nation-state when religious offiliation trumps nationalism...

Not that either form of dogma is "good" ... but for the political process to work, people have to believe they are first part of a nation... For many Iraqis religious affiliation defines their identify...

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