Interesting...thank you.
On Jun 18, 2:34 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 staging this outdated production of David and Goliath?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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
