Well, Turkey is to be commended for taking in refugees from Syria and Lebanon (the people) has also stepped up. Plus this is no easy matter if it irritates the Kurdish situation/PKK.//It is with great contempt that I view the interference and exploitation by the "powers" that be/ have been but it is a monotony of history. It is a collective guilt, imo. Business views Japan, China and India as rivals. The "balance of power" has shifted East though the USA has clout through its advanced weapons and economic spin-offs plus the cultural myths. Do we consider anyone as we consider ourselves?//Back to Turkey- the Ottoman Empire was a long wished for prize of Britain, France and Russia. Actually, my maternal grandparents left Lebanon prior to WWI. Are you Syrian?.
On Jun 17, 8:34 pm, 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 -
