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To: A. Pole
I am all for Polish government using its limited influence to lobby for better treatment of Christians in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

I am all for global peace and the elimination of poverty. What are you personally doing about the better treatment of Christians in Saudi Arabia and what specifically is the Polish government doing about it now? Has the Polish government issued a demarche' to the Saudis? Does the Polish government issue annual reports on religious freedom on every country in the world, like the US does?

I think that granting even a limited freedom for Christians in Saudi Arabia would have tremendous effect all over the world. It is Saudis who preserve the double standard of suppressing Christian at home while freely promoting their version of Islam in Christian countries. A little of reciprocity would be just, fair and would go a long way toward better international relations.

So what is Poland doing about it? What are you doing about it? Perhaps, you should lobby the Polish government to break off diplomatic relations with the Saudis until this reciprocity is achieved?

Saudis do enjoy good relations with the West and West benefits from it, yet somehow the freedom for their Christian brethren is one benefit which is not on Western politicians agenda. They will rather lobby for the gay parades in Warsaw that one little chapel open in Riyadh.

Talk is cheap. Let Poland and Europe take the lead on this one. And let Europe talk Iran out of developing nuclear weapons using some reciprocity.

35 posted on 12/05/2006 9:48:40 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar; A. Pole
Pole, everything you've written is spot on and kabar can't refute any of it, that is why he is resorting to the inane questioning. Poland hasn't taken on the role of the "indispensable nation" like that of the U.S. and certainly doesn't exert the global influence that we do.

The fact of the matter is America, Europe and every western nation has a stake in this and if America as some kind of "secular humanist" state has no stake in the plight of persecuted Christians in the rich oil tyrannies she trades with, then I say this is a country that is no longer worth dying for.
39 posted on 12/05/2006 10:05:41 AM PST by streetpreacher (RUDY/ROMNEY 2008: Supporting Marriage between a man and a woman, then a woman, then a woman...)
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To: kabar
OK, if you think that Saudis are too tough, what about pogroms on Christians in Kosovo?
42 posted on 12/05/2006 12:01:24 PM PST by A. Pole (Rumsfeld:"In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.")
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