"All that has to happen for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. " In your case you did far more, you blocked an attempt to use your work and your loyalty to your country for evil. Well done Scott, well done!
I was actually excited at first to see the Yazidi mentioned, but after reading to the end I found myself disappointed and even a bit bitter.
The Yazidi, whose peacefulness and decency has for so many centuries stood in contrast to the hunger for power and cruelty of so many bigoted, selfrightous mainstream Muslims (not remotely all, of course, condemning Muslims per se is not the point at all) and Christians (ditto) being in the end once more de facto tarred by the vile distortions and defamations that led to this completely harm- and powerless group being oppressed and genocided again and again was painful.
I realize fully well that that was not the point and that Scott's actual, very well justified beef IS not with the Yazidi.
But it was not doing the cause of justice and peace in the world any favor end on a note that can be very easily interpreted as a sort of blood libel against the Yazidi, who again, already are one of the most unjustly smeared and persecuted groups in history, even if that blood libel IS sorta accidental.
Satan in the sense of the Evil One If He exists as more than a metaphor does not live in a cave or temple amongst the marginalized, powerless and oppressed that the mighty and proud largely don't even realize exist or spit on when they do.
He as Scott otherwise of course correctly recognizes sits in Washington and everywhere else where powerlust, greed, ego and cruel contempt for the powerless reign supreme and he holds court surrounded by a huge and varied (("diverse" one might say) coterie of smug, narcissistic, sadistically hateful yet constantly moralizing and sermonizing Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Liberals, Atheists, Conservatives, Fascists, Communists, Nationalists, Globalists and people of every imaginable creed even though the glorification of power, status, wealth and other worldly interests combined almost invariably with an utterly unfounded and grotesquely absurd sense of of moral superiority and purity (really moral vanity) is what truly unites them all.
Under no circumstances should those scum, the truly worst people in the face of the Earth bar none EVER be allowed the reprieve of fingerpointing at the poor Yazidi and proclaimimg: "Well, at least I'm not one of them "Devil-worshippers"!
At least someone reconizes the harm this story could do to the vunerable Yazidis. I have worked for them (volunteer) for almost 10 years. The Sunni Muslims are the problem. They joined in with ISIS to slaughter, rape, behead, burn alive bury alive the Yazidis.
This LIE is a lie that could be used to cause another Genocide of these truly beautiful people. The Yazidi are closest people to God than any other people on earth .. they are the roots of the Great Sumerians. Some people believe they go as far back as 12k years. Their Temple is over 4,000 years. The Islamic Sunni (Kurds) want them dead if they do not convert so the Kurds spread this lie about them and apparently Scott got hoodwinked into thinking the story is true.
I follow Scott for a while because I believed he had important things to say... but reading this article I was insulted because I know he took what a Kurd told him and did not bother to find the truth. I have the truth... I have been the assistant to the Yazidi Prince for 9 years.
With all due respect, you have no clue what you’re talking about. I did not get my information from an Iraqi Kurd. Clearly you did not read the article carefully.
he used these beautiful people to sensation"lies" his story! It could mean an attack by the Kurds (ISIS) for crying out loud! Lives lost so Scott can spread misinformation... for crying out loud!
The Yazidi have been oppressed every bit as much as the Palestinians (or historically the Jews) and they not only have no state but also no lobby anywhere, no international support, no allies, nothing.
In a way they even are fellow victims of the US Empire and Israel as well, since the most recent time they were targeted for cold-blooded mass murder (most recent of many, many, many such sad occasions) the bitchering was carried out by ISIS, which of course had plenty of support by both the US and Israel.
From the perspectives of Washington and Tel Aviv the dead Yazidi we're of course Just an irrelevant byproduct of their General Policy of sowing Chaos, destruction and death throughout the whole Region, destabilizing it.
But ISIS was happy to use the opportunity to act on a deepseated, hateful and murderously cruel bigotry that is nigh universal amongst Sunni Muslims in the region where the Yazidi are concerned.
Would actually be nice If Palestinians (and their supporters around the world) could recognize that they really are in the same boat as the Yazidi and that there really has to be justice for ALL instead of just for some.
Sadly though the much more likely reality is that even a lot of longsuffering Palestinians would still prefer to slit a Yazidi's throat with a smile over recognizing him or her as a fellow sufferer and human being.
It's not about who is oppressed or suffers more, certainly it should not be, but IF one were play that game the Yazidi would beat the Palestinians (and the Jews, for that matter) at any time of the day.
"Yazidi, member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northern Syria." Wiki.
I am not sure what group you were referring to, are you referring to the Kurds? I don't recall Scott's article criticizing the Kurds. In my case the "evil" I was referring to was the US govt intel agencies trying to manipulate Scott's data to gin up a pretext for war.
I'm sorry but you are wrong the Yazidi are not Kurds, it is the Kurds that are killing the Yazidi. The kurds have filled the internet with lies. After the Yazidis last genocide, in 2014, their 74th Genocide, the Kurds went on a campaign to tell the world the Yazidi are Kurds. Billions of dollars flowed in to help the Yazidi but the leader of the Kurds, Barzani, by telling the world the Yazidi are Kurds, recieved the billions and put it in his pockets and the Yazidi after 12k of their peaceful people were murdered, the Kurdish Peshmerga destroyed their city leavinig them with nothing.
WOW, I just went to the Britannica site.. the Yazidi's are not Kurds, the kurds are the ones killing them! Thats a real insult to the Yazidi. Again, thank you, dear.
Thank you, I will try to do that. My experience is when the author of a Wiki page sees the changes, it is up to them to either allow the changes or to not. I will see what I can find out and I will contact Britannica also. Thank you again.
I have speant 10 years fighting these lies that the Sunni Muslims spread. They want to steal the Yazidis lands. about a month ago Germany held hearings at Parliament where the Kurds (Sunni Muslims/ISIS) wanted to be included when Germany declared it was a Genocide again sthe Yazidi people.. the parliment told the Kurds "no" this was a Genocide against the Yazidis. (by the Kurds and Arabs) I am a great grandmother who has spent 10 years working for these people and I volunteer as the personal Assistant to their Prince. It is a real honor to actually know them. And God is the center of their universe.
I follow Scott, for a while now. I usually agree with much of what he says... But I know an Islamic Sunni Kurd told him this and he did not question it, that bothers me.
Jesus said, this evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but the only sign they will get is the sign of Jonah . Paraphrase. Jonah walked through Ninevah saying, Repent! He did this, and the King repented with the people. That's all. It doesn't change anything whether or not they have a long history, or what religion they are. Each person must repent to be saved. It's an individual thing. No religion will save anyone, good or bad.
"And this was something that Tawûsî Melek, Lucifer, or Shaitan, could never take away from me."
A very interesting piece, and very evocatively written. For a few minutes, I walked in that strange Yazidi temple with you.
Also, thank you for reminding me of something, with your closing line. Long ago I watched a movie, a fictionalised version of the creating of the first Olympic Games. One young hopeful saying to his Mother, " I am gong to win this, win it for you" and her reply "OH no, when you win, you do it for yourself and once you've done it, no one can take it away".
I never forgot that, because over the decades of learning to practise an integrity which become worth more and more, I also learned, that what ever it costs, once you have acted to your own standards of integrity, which incorporates honour, you carry an added sense of calm and growing strength. And you know then that no one can take that away from you either.
Their Temple is over 4,000 years old, you said. I'm curious, what were they worshipping for the first 2000 years before Jesus arrived? And is the golden peacock God or Jesus?
Scott never said the Yazidis were evil. I read this and my opinion is that they are good people who believe in their God. Scott imagines their prayers were just like all our prayers, not praying for evil. He says he was almost fooled--who says they are not all or mostly fooled? The Sumerians most certainly did not worship Jesus. :-) Most likely, the Sumerians did not worship Jesus's father either. Lucifer was a bright angel and those who followed him were mostly good people, being led away from the true God, without knowing any better--and even today, many would-be Satanists are just misguided an/or angry at God.
The Hindus are great people but they do not worship Jesus and God. They have their own Gods--quite a few. It's also possible that the Kurds and Yazidis are descended from the same people--I have no idea. They may have branched off from the Kurds, and if the Kurds are a race or ethnic group, then they may still be Kurdish, DNA-wise, and that's not saying they identify as Kurds now, or that the present Kurds are not oppressing and persecuting them.
I see that you love these people. I did not perceive that Scott hated them or had anything against them. He just saw the danger in mistaking a golden peacock for God, and he saw how easy it could be to do that! Just as he saw how easy it would be to betray his true trust, by claiming to be a true American patriot! That's the WHOLE point of, and beauty of this wonderful article -- things are SUBTLE! Lies are so often very well disguised as truth. So easy to lie to ourselves! Wolves truly do wear sheep's clothing, or disguise themselves as harmless golden peacocks representing Jesus!
Don't you see? Jesus doesn't need Tawûsî Melek to "represent him"-- he doesn't need a middle man! You can contact Jesus directly! He is right here! Any other God saying they represent Jesus is a false God. But that doesn't make the people who believe him bad people. Jesus came to teach these very people! You tell your prince to put that peacock out to pasture and put up a picture of Jesus --then start teaching his life story to the Yazidis -- they do not have to become Christians--they can get Jesus's story from the Urantia Book if they like -- then this whole problem will be solved.
Try to take a deep breath, lighten up, and give Scott a break. Clearly he is a good man and this story is not about any evil Yazidis -- and it is not about you. It IS about temptation, compromise, and selling out. It IS about our evil government (and the always-evil British government). It is about the almost impossible task--for an honest man to work for these corrupt agencies.
Man, this struggle is amazing and so well told. Wrestling with our own conscience is the most difficult task a person has to do. Congratulations Mr Ritter, on listening to your inner guidance system and thank you for sharing the process with us. It’s much more colorful, consequential and dramatic than my private wrestlings but I feel like I’m in good company having come to the same conclusion—that I need to trust myself and need to be the kind of self I can trust. You are a true Conscience Warrior. Thank you.
The story is not true, Scott did not research who the Yazidi are. I am a Christian and I am the Yazidi Prince's personal assistant.. this story is based on mis information he got from a Islamic Kurd.
If Scott wanted to tell the truth, he would contact me
Cuz only you have the truth, right? Let me just tell you that having a different opinion does not mean you have the truth. And being a personal assistant would automatically make your “truth” biased. Plus, being a Christian, well….christians are so susceptible to propaganda that it’s crazy. Look at the myth you swallow constantly—“I rose from the dead”. Yikes.
Okay Mis smarty pants tell me who the Yazidis are. You don't have a clue! I have worked with the Yazidi people for 10 years and I am the personal Assistant for their Prince. I know these people very well. Scott got his information from a Islamic Sunni Kurd. They are the ones spreading these lies to steal the Yazidis ancestral homelands.
That would be Ms Smarty Pants to you. And I love how you think you can make demands that I tell you something. I love how you christians always think you can boss everyone around. Frankly church lady, I think you sound a little crazy.
O but I do. The born again contingency of your “faith” has been hounding and hating those they “disapprove” of for decades, driving queer children to suicide, saying AIDs is a punishment from god, advocating for war against Islam, and all the time so-called “normal” Christian’s, self righteous in the extreme, have said and done nothing to rein in these “brethren”, done nothing to help the homeless, stood in the way of Immigrants coming to our shores—in other words, being the Blessed Karen’s of god. And frankly, your tantrums here bore me. Your inability to provide any facts that may explain why you think Scott is so egregiously wrong in his analysis—aside from the self inflating fact that you work for a prince—coupled with your petulant responses to me make you not worth my time any more.
I think she is worried about throwing a small, completely powerless community that has been defamed, cruelly persecuted and regularly genocided by their mainstream Muslim neighbours for centuries once more under the bus even if kinda accidentally because he really is making a very different and completely justified point.
Scott's perfectly justified beef IS not with some obscure, perpetually persecuted (and completely peaceful) religious minority who have no influence (or Lobby representing their interests or even just their side of the story) whatsoever, I fully recognize that.
But why then drag those people who have done nobody harm and have never drawn anything but the short end of the stick where politics and power are concerned into it at all?
Stop saying Scott got his information from an Islamic Kurd. He already responded to you saying that is not true--but you keep repeating it, which makes everything you say seem suspect. But I am sure your motives are good. If you're a Christian, pray for some guidance on this--I believe you're choosing the wrong battle--Scott is not your enemy. See my post to you, below.
This was a very well written story Scott, and it's theme is the story of our time. The major battle being engaged is not national or political, but good versus evil. The last 4 years have put many politicians, scientists, physicians, and educators in the same spot you were in. Most of them have failed miserably.
In the end, it's only the truth that matters. If you had given that up, you couldn't have lived with yourself, and we would have lost the record of that truth. Thank you Scott, for this and every time you've remained true.
The world, the best part of it anyway, is grateful for that decision you made and which you have continued to make as you analyze for us the continued depredations and horrors that the US and its other 'Garden' allies inflict on the world. You really help us to see through the lies and propaganda. Your moral stature is assured. And we are so grateful.
It should be clear to all why you were targeted and burned. Especially, against two very very low probable events. Setting you up to get killed in prison. The Foggy Bottom Dirty Dogs
This encapsulates why the US (and the West) can never be trusted and that their "rules based order" is simply a sham to hide their drive for dominance and subjugation using any amount of lies necessary. They are utterly agreement incapable, and as has now been proven with the Minsk Accords feel no shame in making agreements that they have no intent of keeping.
"All that has to happen for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. " In your case you did far more, you blocked an attempt to use your work and your loyalty to your country for evil. Well done Scott, well done!
The story is not true!! The Yazidi are the most Godly people on earth
I was actually excited at first to see the Yazidi mentioned, but after reading to the end I found myself disappointed and even a bit bitter.
The Yazidi, whose peacefulness and decency has for so many centuries stood in contrast to the hunger for power and cruelty of so many bigoted, selfrightous mainstream Muslims (not remotely all, of course, condemning Muslims per se is not the point at all) and Christians (ditto) being in the end once more de facto tarred by the vile distortions and defamations that led to this completely harm- and powerless group being oppressed and genocided again and again was painful.
I realize fully well that that was not the point and that Scott's actual, very well justified beef IS not with the Yazidi.
But it was not doing the cause of justice and peace in the world any favor end on a note that can be very easily interpreted as a sort of blood libel against the Yazidi, who again, already are one of the most unjustly smeared and persecuted groups in history, even if that blood libel IS sorta accidental.
Satan in the sense of the Evil One If He exists as more than a metaphor does not live in a cave or temple amongst the marginalized, powerless and oppressed that the mighty and proud largely don't even realize exist or spit on when they do.
He as Scott otherwise of course correctly recognizes sits in Washington and everywhere else where powerlust, greed, ego and cruel contempt for the powerless reign supreme and he holds court surrounded by a huge and varied (("diverse" one might say) coterie of smug, narcissistic, sadistically hateful yet constantly moralizing and sermonizing Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Liberals, Atheists, Conservatives, Fascists, Communists, Nationalists, Globalists and people of every imaginable creed even though the glorification of power, status, wealth and other worldly interests combined almost invariably with an utterly unfounded and grotesquely absurd sense of of moral superiority and purity (really moral vanity) is what truly unites them all.
Under no circumstances should those scum, the truly worst people in the face of the Earth bar none EVER be allowed the reprieve of fingerpointing at the poor Yazidi and proclaimimg: "Well, at least I'm not one of them "Devil-worshippers"!
At least someone reconizes the harm this story could do to the vunerable Yazidis. I have worked for them (volunteer) for almost 10 years. The Sunni Muslims are the problem. They joined in with ISIS to slaughter, rape, behead, burn alive bury alive the Yazidis.
This LIE is a lie that could be used to cause another Genocide of these truly beautiful people. The Yazidi are closest people to God than any other people on earth .. they are the roots of the Great Sumerians. Some people believe they go as far back as 12k years. Their Temple is over 4,000 years. The Islamic Sunni (Kurds) want them dead if they do not convert so the Kurds spread this lie about them and apparently Scott got hoodwinked into thinking the story is true.
I follow Scott for a while because I believed he had important things to say... but reading this article I was insulted because I know he took what a Kurd told him and did not bother to find the truth. I have the truth... I have been the assistant to the Yazidi Prince for 9 years.
With all due respect, you have no clue what you’re talking about. I did not get my information from an Iraqi Kurd. Clearly you did not read the article carefully.
The story is NOT about Yazidi, for crying not loud !
he used these beautiful people to sensation"lies" his story! It could mean an attack by the Kurds (ISIS) for crying out loud! Lives lost so Scott can spread misinformation... for crying out loud!
Well, in a way it should be.
The Yazidi have been oppressed every bit as much as the Palestinians (or historically the Jews) and they not only have no state but also no lobby anywhere, no international support, no allies, nothing.
In a way they even are fellow victims of the US Empire and Israel as well, since the most recent time they were targeted for cold-blooded mass murder (most recent of many, many, many such sad occasions) the bitchering was carried out by ISIS, which of course had plenty of support by both the US and Israel.
From the perspectives of Washington and Tel Aviv the dead Yazidi we're of course Just an irrelevant byproduct of their General Policy of sowing Chaos, destruction and death throughout the whole Region, destabilizing it.
But ISIS was happy to use the opportunity to act on a deepseated, hateful and murderously cruel bigotry that is nigh universal amongst Sunni Muslims in the region where the Yazidi are concerned.
Would actually be nice If Palestinians (and their supporters around the world) could recognize that they really are in the same boat as the Yazidi and that there really has to be justice for ALL instead of just for some.
Sadly though the much more likely reality is that even a lot of longsuffering Palestinians would still prefer to slit a Yazidi's throat with a smile over recognizing him or her as a fellow sufferer and human being.
It's not about who is oppressed or suffers more, certainly it should not be, but IF one were play that game the Yazidi would beat the Palestinians (and the Jews, for that matter) at any time of the day.
"Yazidi, member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northern Syria." Wiki.
I am not sure what group you were referring to, are you referring to the Kurds? I don't recall Scott's article criticizing the Kurds. In my case the "evil" I was referring to was the US govt intel agencies trying to manipulate Scott's data to gin up a pretext for war.
I'm sorry but you are wrong the Yazidi are not Kurds, it is the Kurds that are killing the Yazidi. The kurds have filled the internet with lies. After the Yazidis last genocide, in 2014, their 74th Genocide, the Kurds went on a campaign to tell the world the Yazidi are Kurds. Billions of dollars flowed in to help the Yazidi but the leader of the Kurds, Barzani, by telling the world the Yazidi are Kurds, recieved the billions and put it in his pockets and the Yazidi after 12k of their peaceful people were murdered, the Kurdish Peshmerga destroyed their city leavinig them with nothing.
They are the roots of the Sumerians .
Thank you, you may want to see if you can edit the Wiki post I provided. It is the same text as in the Britannica listing:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yazidi
WOW, I just went to the Britannica site.. the Yazidi's are not Kurds, the kurds are the ones killing them! Thats a real insult to the Yazidi. Again, thank you, dear.
You are most welcome!
Thank you, I will try to do that. My experience is when the author of a Wiki page sees the changes, it is up to them to either allow the changes or to not. I will see what I can find out and I will contact Britannica also. Thank you again.
I have speant 10 years fighting these lies that the Sunni Muslims spread. They want to steal the Yazidis lands. about a month ago Germany held hearings at Parliament where the Kurds (Sunni Muslims/ISIS) wanted to be included when Germany declared it was a Genocide again sthe Yazidi people.. the parliment told the Kurds "no" this was a Genocide against the Yazidis. (by the Kurds and Arabs) I am a great grandmother who has spent 10 years working for these people and I volunteer as the personal Assistant to their Prince. It is a real honor to actually know them. And God is the center of their universe.
I follow Scott, for a while now. I usually agree with much of what he says... But I know an Islamic Sunni Kurd told him this and he did not question it, that bothers me.
I understand, I wish you well in your efforts on their behalf!
Jesus said, this evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but the only sign they will get is the sign of Jonah . Paraphrase. Jonah walked through Ninevah saying, Repent! He did this, and the King repented with the people. That's all. It doesn't change anything whether or not they have a long history, or what religion they are. Each person must repent to be saved. It's an individual thing. No religion will save anyone, good or bad.
"And this was something that Tawûsî Melek, Lucifer, or Shaitan, could never take away from me."
A very interesting piece, and very evocatively written. For a few minutes, I walked in that strange Yazidi temple with you.
Also, thank you for reminding me of something, with your closing line. Long ago I watched a movie, a fictionalised version of the creating of the first Olympic Games. One young hopeful saying to his Mother, " I am gong to win this, win it for you" and her reply "OH no, when you win, you do it for yourself and once you've done it, no one can take it away".
I never forgot that, because over the decades of learning to practise an integrity which become worth more and more, I also learned, that what ever it costs, once you have acted to your own standards of integrity, which incorporates honour, you carry an added sense of calm and growing strength. And you know then that no one can take that away from you either.
Tawûsî Melek symbolizes Jesus. Please don't spread lies.
Their Temple is over 4,000 years old, you said. I'm curious, what were they worshipping for the first 2000 years before Jesus arrived? And is the golden peacock God or Jesus?
Once you take that step to enrich yourself and not the truth, you are lost forever, and soon realize there is nothing you will not do.
Story of our president, his family and most of our congress. Just ask AIPAC
There still are people with a consciousness and choosing what is right, thanks Scott.
He chose wrong as far as the Yazidis are concerned
Scott never said the Yazidis were evil. I read this and my opinion is that they are good people who believe in their God. Scott imagines their prayers were just like all our prayers, not praying for evil. He says he was almost fooled--who says they are not all or mostly fooled? The Sumerians most certainly did not worship Jesus. :-) Most likely, the Sumerians did not worship Jesus's father either. Lucifer was a bright angel and those who followed him were mostly good people, being led away from the true God, without knowing any better--and even today, many would-be Satanists are just misguided an/or angry at God.
The Hindus are great people but they do not worship Jesus and God. They have their own Gods--quite a few. It's also possible that the Kurds and Yazidis are descended from the same people--I have no idea. They may have branched off from the Kurds, and if the Kurds are a race or ethnic group, then they may still be Kurdish, DNA-wise, and that's not saying they identify as Kurds now, or that the present Kurds are not oppressing and persecuting them.
I see that you love these people. I did not perceive that Scott hated them or had anything against them. He just saw the danger in mistaking a golden peacock for God, and he saw how easy it could be to do that! Just as he saw how easy it would be to betray his true trust, by claiming to be a true American patriot! That's the WHOLE point of, and beauty of this wonderful article -- things are SUBTLE! Lies are so often very well disguised as truth. So easy to lie to ourselves! Wolves truly do wear sheep's clothing, or disguise themselves as harmless golden peacocks representing Jesus!
Don't you see? Jesus doesn't need Tawûsî Melek to "represent him"-- he doesn't need a middle man! You can contact Jesus directly! He is right here! Any other God saying they represent Jesus is a false God. But that doesn't make the people who believe him bad people. Jesus came to teach these very people! You tell your prince to put that peacock out to pasture and put up a picture of Jesus --then start teaching his life story to the Yazidis -- they do not have to become Christians--they can get Jesus's story from the Urantia Book if they like -- then this whole problem will be solved.
Try to take a deep breath, lighten up, and give Scott a break. Clearly he is a good man and this story is not about any evil Yazidis -- and it is not about you. It IS about temptation, compromise, and selling out. It IS about our evil government (and the always-evil British government). It is about the almost impossible task--for an honest man to work for these corrupt agencies.
Man, this struggle is amazing and so well told. Wrestling with our own conscience is the most difficult task a person has to do. Congratulations Mr Ritter, on listening to your inner guidance system and thank you for sharing the process with us. It’s much more colorful, consequential and dramatic than my private wrestlings but I feel like I’m in good company having come to the same conclusion—that I need to trust myself and need to be the kind of self I can trust. You are a true Conscience Warrior. Thank you.
And Scott, I wish to hell and gone that you’d run for president. Even if you lost you’d raise the level of debate to a brilliant level.
There would be no point to that. They would not let him anywhere near getting elected. Look what they are able to do to Trump. An ex-POTUS!!!
The story is not true, Scott did not research who the Yazidi are. I am a Christian and I am the Yazidi Prince's personal assistant.. this story is based on mis information he got from a Islamic Kurd.
If Scott wanted to tell the truth, he would contact me
Cuz only you have the truth, right? Let me just tell you that having a different opinion does not mean you have the truth. And being a personal assistant would automatically make your “truth” biased. Plus, being a Christian, well….christians are so susceptible to propaganda that it’s crazy. Look at the myth you swallow constantly—“I rose from the dead”. Yikes.
Please shut up. I know who the Yazids are.. you don't. It is not an opinion, it is misinformation against a vunerable people, who I work for!
Must be a Me Too-er. Everybody but you must “shut up”. You’re like a 7th grade Mean Girl.
Okay Mis smarty pants tell me who the Yazidis are. You don't have a clue! I have worked with the Yazidi people for 10 years and I am the personal Assistant for their Prince. I know these people very well. Scott got his information from a Islamic Sunni Kurd. They are the ones spreading these lies to steal the Yazidis ancestral homelands.
That would be Ms Smarty Pants to you. And I love how you think you can make demands that I tell you something. I love how you christians always think you can boss everyone around. Frankly church lady, I think you sound a little crazy.
Nooooo you are the one that sounds crazy. Ms. groupyI can tell you are just a bratty child with all your name calling.. you have no idea who I am.
O but I do. The born again contingency of your “faith” has been hounding and hating those they “disapprove” of for decades, driving queer children to suicide, saying AIDs is a punishment from god, advocating for war against Islam, and all the time so-called “normal” Christian’s, self righteous in the extreme, have said and done nothing to rein in these “brethren”, done nothing to help the homeless, stood in the way of Immigrants coming to our shores—in other words, being the Blessed Karen’s of god. And frankly, your tantrums here bore me. Your inability to provide any facts that may explain why you think Scott is so egregiously wrong in his analysis—aside from the self inflating fact that you work for a prince—coupled with your petulant responses to me make you not worth my time any more.
I think you are Not doing her Justice.
I think she is worried about throwing a small, completely powerless community that has been defamed, cruelly persecuted and regularly genocided by their mainstream Muslim neighbours for centuries once more under the bus even if kinda accidentally because he really is making a very different and completely justified point.
Scott's perfectly justified beef IS not with some obscure, perpetually persecuted (and completely peaceful) religious minority who have no influence (or Lobby representing their interests or even just their side of the story) whatsoever, I fully recognize that.
But why then drag those people who have done nobody harm and have never drawn anything but the short end of the stick where politics and power are concerned into it at all?
Stop saying Scott got his information from an Islamic Kurd. He already responded to you saying that is not true--but you keep repeating it, which makes everything you say seem suspect. But I am sure your motives are good. If you're a Christian, pray for some guidance on this--I believe you're choosing the wrong battle--Scott is not your enemy. See my post to you, below.
to bad the part about the Yazidi is not true
This was a very well written story Scott, and it's theme is the story of our time. The major battle being engaged is not national or political, but good versus evil. The last 4 years have put many politicians, scientists, physicians, and educators in the same spot you were in. Most of them have failed miserably.
ThevYazidi aren't who he thinks.. he got his information from a Islamic Kurd.. probally the one in the article.. Kurds are ISIS
O ya. And we all know ISIS never tells the truth—Rachel Madcow has told us so.
Bravo! Men with integrity are hard to find these days, especially in the US Government and MICC.
In the end, it's only the truth that matters. If you had given that up, you couldn't have lived with yourself, and we would have lost the record of that truth. Thank you Scott, for this and every time you've remained true.
Thank you Scott!!! You do have the writing MUSE!!!
Keep telling stories FROM YOUR HEART... and know that when you remain TRUE to yourself, you will do the right thing.
DISCERNEMENT is a discipline, a KNOWING, a listening to "the small voice inside".
How does one KNOW that small voice is GOOD or BAD???
What is EVIL or GODDLY?
I pray human beings find "their little voice inside" and KNOW, learn DISCERNEMENT.
AMEN.
Thank You!
the part about the Yazidis is not true!
You are the best, Mr. Ritter.
The world, the best part of it anyway, is grateful for that decision you made and which you have continued to make as you analyze for us the continued depredations and horrors that the US and its other 'Garden' allies inflict on the world. You really help us to see through the lies and propaganda. Your moral stature is assured. And we are so grateful.
the part about he Yaidis is not true
It should be clear to all why you were targeted and burned. Especially, against two very very low probable events. Setting you up to get killed in prison. The Foggy Bottom Dirty Dogs
Definetely so.
This encapsulates why the US (and the West) can never be trusted and that their "rules based order" is simply a sham to hide their drive for dominance and subjugation using any amount of lies necessary. They are utterly agreement incapable, and as has now been proven with the Minsk Accords feel no shame in making agreements that they have no intent of keeping.
A man of Honour is always alone! That is what you really "signed-up" for.
I do not believe in 'Standing Armies' , But, I respect the way you conducted your obligations.
Thank you Scott for when challenged you stand as the principled man you are.
Thank you for all of your writing. It takes me where I would never get to go otherwise.
I appreciate all of it.
the part about he Yazidi is not true! he should have told his readers that.