There are now enough Afghans of military age in the EU and Turkey to replace our soldiers and their own Army. The UK tried to give Turkey to Greece in 1918, but Ataturk formed a secular government. We did the same thing more successfully in Afghanistan.
King Amanullah, who reigned from 1919 until 1929, tried to modernise the country by proposing a secular state on the Turkish model; his draft constitution envisaged a lower chamber elected on the basis of a universal franchise, coeducation, import substitution through the creation of light industries, a reorganised tax structure, a national bank, new roads and a communications network. But British political agents stirred up a tribal revolt against the reforms, and Amanullah went into exile on the Italian riviera; he died in 1960. I sense Libya is small beer in a larger plot - probably conceived as a holding position. The big mistake has been in mobilising China and India through manufacturing (I mean in foreign policy - clearly our repressions are unfair). Before WW1 & 2 the imperialist powers used to meet to decide on joint actions and cutting up the spoils. One wonders what barking idiocy they may be up to now and even who the players are. On Jun 17, 6:10 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I doubt colonial powers/USA felt the agreement for reparations amusing > though I suppose those payments are now frozen. Libya has a high grade > of oil and proximity would be one of several reasons for taking > control by NATO but there is probably a lot we do not know. Let's > watch the flow of immigrants and find out. Actually, Turkey is a > better target for jobs than Europe with a 9% GDP.//Yes- some of those > sites were new to me although I do have a 20" marble copy of that > Venus- so I do feel attached to the original. :-) > > On Jun 16, 12:07 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Amusing article; though the thought of the destruction of historical > > artifacts really isn't. > > > Can anyone tell me why the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is > > staging this outdated production of David and Goliath? > > > On Jun 16, 3:29 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Italy Seals Libya colonial deal" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7589557.stm > > > Time magazine is also running photos of Roman ruins in Libya that may > > > be under threat.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
