What I can't ****ing understand is why the hell did the US decide to do this now. Its not like they haven't ****ed up things enough as it is. Obvoulsy Turkey isnt as powerful as the US but from my understanding they could give the US grief.
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Quite embarrassing for Turkey. Every reasonable person and anyone with any basic knowledge of history knows genocide occurred. Their continued refusal to acknowledge it is pathetic and cowardly.
It's lose/lose for them, I guess. Admit they killed a million+ people in an act of barbaric genocide, or go on lying and looking desperate and foolish in the face of mounds and mounds of evidence that it did actually happen.
Hell, it's even taught as "The Armenian Genocide" in History classes.
As for their threats, it reminds me of what a spoiled child may say - "Do what I say or I'm going to hold my breath!!!!"
I don;t think its about being 'powerful' in size. IF hypothetically speaking, USA is to go against Turkey, I think it will have far more on its back, than just Turkey.
Yes, but USA has been doing that for a while, and to a lot of other countries.
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Back on topic - everyone knows Turkey committed genocide, just like everyone knows that Turkey invaded Cyprus and called it ''Turkish Republic of northern Cyprus''.
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Spreading of diseases such as smallpox and the flu killed 80-90% of the Native American populations. That's not genocide. Even though it was occasionally used as a weapon (ie, rarely).
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Washington should apologise for Custer and co slaughtering The Native Americans as they did ironic That it was the Natives who gave the settlers succor in their darkest hour which is remembered at the Time of Thanksgiving.
Id favour Washington to shut the hell up knuckle down and concentrate on Returning the Soldiers from where they're not welcome, Jena Cleveland The Economy [strikes at chevron etc etc empty malls daily ripping down prices to prise open folks wallets] The Environment coz washington has been running away from its Kyoto pollution committments for how long now...
What people donīt realize is that Turkey is a very proud country, fanatically proud in sad lunatic way. I know quite a few Turkish people so I can feel the tip of the fiery ice burg.
The US has many bases and lots of support from Turkey, but the Kurdish problem could also be part of any equations
Yeah but its like its so bad you got to wonder are they doing this **** unpurpose? I mean its like if you want to rob a bank you shouldnt do it in the first place but if you are going to do it at least execute it properly. Its like they're doing wrong and they cant even do whats wrong correctly.
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- General George Patton Jr
I don't think anyone denies any longer that there were atrocities committed against the Native American population of North America...
People always throw around the "oh, they don't teach you that in school" but to be honest, since grade 7 I was taught in school about the negative policy that immigrating Europeans had toward the natives.
and, imho, in this situation, Turkey has America by the balls because of Iraq, but might be shooting themselves in the foot with regards to joining the EU
believe it or not, i guess they are putting on a demonstration to be more acceptable to the european nations, and just yesterday (on npr) i heard that turkey maybe charged with the genocide of Armenians.
"A diplomatic rift between Turkey and the United States deepened Friday after Ankara recalled its ambassador to Washington over a vote in the US Congress to label the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks an act of genocide"
Turkey won't be joining the EU any time soon. Several member nations have put a stop to that. Cyprus & France for instance, and some other country's have refused as well, my own for instance but that probably won't use a veto when it comes to it. Cyprus certainly will. What Turkey is doing now is hardly hurting it's changes of joining the EU.
The relationship between Turkey and the US however has probably hit a all time low. They want to invade Iraq, the US won't let them. They want to stop a Kurdish state, the US could really use one. Then there is this. If anything it would hurt Iraq... Turkey and the US won't do to much against each other. They still need each other.