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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Queequeg on September 11, 2015, 07:02:02 AM

Title: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Queequeg on September 11, 2015, 07:02:02 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBXhLLETUY

So this happened.  The police screamed "YOU ARE ALL ARMENIANS!" on the 100th anniversary of the genocide to a group of native people in the same area who they are currently slaughtering. 

Everyone on board with giving the Kurds the bomb?  Maybe just divide the entire Middle East between Kurdistan, Armenia, a Christian Lebanon and Israel?  That sounds good.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34206924

Here's an article.

Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on September 11, 2015, 07:15:31 AM
maybe someone can make some posts on how moderate Erdogan and his clique are?
Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Warspite on September 11, 2015, 10:28:18 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on September 11, 2015, 07:15:31 AM
maybe someone can make some posts on how moderate Erdogan and his clique are?
As I recall the warnings over Erdogan and co were over headscarves and Islamicisation, rather than the traditional Turkish pastime of oppressing the Kurds.
Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Valmy on September 11, 2015, 10:33:28 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on September 11, 2015, 07:15:31 AM
maybe someone can make some posts on how moderate Erdogan and his clique are?

To be fair he went in a crazy direction even those of us who were worried about him are surprised by.

Turks around here really do not want to talk politics these days. I noticed at the annual Ramandan dinner they went from being leery about him, to constantly bitching about him, to giving you the stare of death if you mention anything political at all.
Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Warspite on September 11, 2015, 12:00:26 PM
I was in Istanbul a week ago and got a face full of tear gas when I stepped out of my hotel. The place is becoming increasingly unhinged.
Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 11, 2015, 03:42:59 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on September 11, 2015, 07:02:02 AM
Maybe just divide the entire Middle East between Kurdistan, Armenia, a Christian Lebanon and Israel?  That sounds good.

Kurds are cool.  Armenia has not been impressing me lately.  Maronites, meh.  Hott women, but otherwise meh.  Israel, meh.
Title: Re: Middle Eastern Thirty Year's War: Turkish-occupied Kurdistan Front
Post by: Razgovory on September 11, 2015, 04:00:59 PM
Spellus, you are supposed to be on vacation.  Stop looking up shit on the net and go have a good time.