Should the Assyrians get a say in the New Iraq?

"Like I have said before, Iraq should be cut up. Each group should be given
its own area to administrate including the Christian Miniority (Assyrians)."

when you say each group? does it include us and the rest of the world?

if not, who would do that?

but no one would care if they got no interest in doing that.

Cutting up iraq is a bit of a step backwards really dude..idependant states based on ethnic or cultural background in close proximity to one another in a situation as volitile as this would create more problems than there are atm. There having enough trouble as it is just setting up one government.. imagine if they tried to set up many. The Americans arent going to leave until they've got some kind of government in place, as to protect their image. Imagine if they tried to set up many governments.. it would be chaos. 

Hypothetically say if seperate governments were set up in iraq who would decide the borders? wouldnt many different etheic/religious/social groups lay claim to the same bits of land? look at the problems between palastine and Israel ..thats only two different countrys....imagine if there were many as you propose.

To tell you the truth i didn't know that Assyrians still exist.Everyone can and must have a say in the American protectorate of Irak.That's what democracy commands.If Irak cut up that would be a nonsense.I also agree with Mr Bobo.That would bring more problems,more fightings and e.t.c.They must be unified,one state if they want to keep peace in the area.  

Which means that there's still room for improvement. The Arabs won't have an incentive to treat Christians well if the government is corrupt, and even less if the Assyrians think themselves to be superior.

Assyrians should be represented.
Mandeans (Babylonians) should be represented.
Yazidis should be represented.
Lurs should be represented.

Syria is where their territories should be established. They are all peaceful and have the potential to prosper in harmony, along with the Arameans there. The Kurds in Syria will of course go to Kurdistan.

I almost forgot - there needs to be a secure and fair balance of oil in Kurdistan for the rebuilding of each nation.

And there needs to be a permanent buffer zone surrounding every nation's territory in Iraq.

Lastly, Assyria will have a booming economy and finally gain attention to the world.

All of the above given a civil war is somehow prevented from erupting.

Who are the lurs i hve never heard of them. mandeans (babylonians) of today are considered assyrians.

I thought Mandaeans were a religious sect like Muslims or Christians?

Mandaeans have been persecuted like Assyrians have been. It's happening today and has gotten worse in Iraq since Saadam was removed.

AssyrianGuy7, do you know what happened to Atour.com ? It just vanished. Anyways I remember an article on the site explaining how the Mandaeans are possibly the decendants of the Babylonians. There are still some copies of that article in other websites.
Here we go: http://www.ukassyrians.org/news15_2.htm

It's not that I don't choose to believe Cyrus but that I'm just plain confused. This reminds me of the time I thought Assyrians could have been Aramaeans

Identity by religion over the centuries has really confused me. Ghengis Khan having a Assyrian wife? One would believe that if all Nestorians were Assyrians, which is what they were called.

EDIT: I just had to add this. "They detest Abraham because of circumcision..." I like Mandaeans more than ever.

Edited by Atourian

They are not just a religious sect but Mandaeans have their own religion

...err...that's what I meant , sorry I use sects for all religions since I'm really universalist in my beliefs.