Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-06 Thread Alberto Monteiro
JDG wrote: (...) we would essentially be stabbing our most prominent Muslim ally in the back. Stabbing Turkey in the back... Now, why does this remind me of a certain game? :-) Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: JDG wrote: (...) we would essentially be stabbing our most prominent Muslim ally in the back. Stabbing Turkey in the back... Now, why does this remind me of a certain game? :-) North Atlantic to Purple Border next turn Purple Border to The Big Jump Is that

Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-06 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: Stabbing Turkey in the back... Now, why does this remind me of a certain game? :-) North Atlantic to Purple Border next turn Purple Border to The Big Jump Is that the game you're thinking of, Alberto? :) It looks like that one :-) Alberto

Ditch Turkey

2003-03-05 Thread J.D. Giorgis
Unfortunately, I must totally disagree with the author of this article. In my mind, the integration of Turkey, ie. a secular Muslim democracy in the Middle East into Western Civilization is one of the most important tasks facing our civilization. We must prove that Western Civilization and

Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-05 Thread Damon
Likewise, Hitchens totally fails to consider the consequences of endorsing the formation of a Kurdistan. For better or for worse, such actions would be viewed as the US dismembering an Arab, Muslim, State. Not true. Turkey is not an Arab state; its a Turkish state inhabited by Turks. Muslim

Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-05 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Likewise, Hitchens totally fails to consider the consequences of endorsing the formation of a Kurdistan. For better or for worse, such actions would be viewed as the US dismembering an Arab, Muslim, State. Not true. Turkey is not an Arab state; its a

Re: Ditch Turkey

2003-03-05 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:50 PM 3/5/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: Likewise, Hitchens totally fails to consider the consequences of endorsing the formation of a Kurdistan. For better or for worse, such actions would be viewed as the US dismembering an Arab, Muslim, State. Not true. Turkey is not an Arab