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Re: You don't even know what is going on in the world around you, do you???
The Turks have been treating Kurds as badly (except for gassing them) as other countries where they reside and want independence. Turkish human rights record has been abysmal -- even to the present.
And speaking of gassing -- somehow our government overlooked that incident when it occurred -- even gave Saddam a few $$$ -- he was our friend then against the evil Iranians.
posted by
Xeno-x
on November 5, 2007 at 11:00 AM
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Re: Re: Perhaps you should call Nancy Pelosi.....
Are the Turks using Chemical weapons against them like Saddam did?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 17, 2007 at 12:56 PM
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You don't even know what is going on in the world around you, do you???
"we aren't talking about 90 yrs ago." Tell that to Nancy Pelosi....she's the one stirring up crap over there to force the Turks into some sort of action......she is a major cause of the Turks threatening action.......
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Corbin_Dallas
on October 17, 2007 at 12:55 PM
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Re: Perhaps you should call Nancy Pelosi.....
we aren't talking about 90 yrs ago.
we are talking about a regime that has a reputation in the present for activities that, did we not need them, would be condemned, such as their treatment of Kurds -- not that much different from Saddam Hussein.
And if Turkish forces invade Iraq? What then?
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Xeno-x
on October 17, 2007 at 12:52 PM
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Perhaps you should call Nancy Pelosi.....
The Democratic leadership is holding firm on its promises to bring the resolution to the floor even though neither the current Turkish government nor any citizens of modern secular Turkey had anything to do with the massacres of 90 years ago. Luckily, some rank-and-file Democrats are having second thoughts. House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton circulated a letter on Capitol Hill urging that the Armenian resolution be pulled from the calendar. A total of 18 House members have withdrawn their support from the resolution, bringing the total number of co-sponsors down to 218 -- the bare minimum required to vote the resolution out of the House.
There is still time for Congress to stop playing politics with foreign policy. Congress addressed the Armenian resolution issue in the 1970s and the 1980s, a more innocent time for U.S. interests in the region. Given the stakes in Iraq today, it makes little sense to imperil U.S. troops and insult a key NATO ally merely to placate a well-heeled political lobby in the U.S., no matter how justified their moral outrage over what happened to their forebears.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 17, 2007 at 9:58 AM
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Our ally Who Treats Kurds Just Like Saddam Hussein Did--Attacks Iraq
Xeno-x: The Kurds seem to be the Arab version of Rodney Dangerfield: They don't get any respect.
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WavyDavy
on October 16, 2007 at 6:38 PM
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