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| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 14:45:55 The American Congress bringing up Turkeys dark history has made Turkey Angry & threaten the Iraq deals.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/11/1019323-turkey-threatens-repercussions-for-us
This is being Debated on C-Span.
This is more proof why Turkey should not be in the EU. |
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| nightowl |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 22:16:14 quote: Originally posted by Miriam Binder
quote: Originally posted by long time no see
If you are a American Troop you do not want to have that Turkey Deal taken away.
And Very True Nightowl America will not change from killing the Iraqi People. So they are in that Bucket with Turkey.
Many nations have practised genocide to one extent or another. These atrocities must be acknowledged by the perpetrators and the fact that one or another nation has or has not acknowledged atrocities committed by them, or currently being committed by them does not absolve anyone.
Just politics thats all it is, we will see no reconciliation here.
Let those without sin cast the first stone, but not in the world of politics, just get the boot in first something we have always seen with America...
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| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 18:36:03 Of Course.
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 18:30:37 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
If you are a American Troop you do not want to have that Turkey Deal taken away.
And Very True Nightowl America will not change from killing the Iraqi People. So they are in that Bucket with Turkey.
Many nations have practised genocide to one extent or another. These atrocities must be acknowledged by the perpetrators and the fact that one or another nation has or has not acknowledged atrocities committed by them, or currently being committed by them does not absolve anyone. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 18:27:36 quote: Originally posted by nightowl
All Turkey has to do is truly repent for its past deeds like America for the Iraqi war, rendition and torture it has committed on innocents 
Makes you want to puke, pass the bucket.....
It certainly does, however do you really believe that the Armenian survivors and their descendants see this as a tit for tat ... they will if you will? |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 18:26:41 If you are a American Troop you do not want to have that Turkey Deal taken away.
And Very True Nightowl America will not change from killing the Iraqi People. So they are in that Bucket with Turkey. |
| nightowl |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 18:16:17 All Turkey has to do is truly repent for its past deeds like America for the Iraqi war, rendition and torture it has committed on innocents 
Makes you want to puke, pass the bucket..... |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:55:47 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
Of course that is why the Turks want this shelved.
So the End result "maybe" America keeps a Muslim nation out of the EU club and out of helping in Iraq?
There is always repercussions LTNS ... the quesiton is whether you consider the Armenian Genocide a sufficiently valid cause or not. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:43:12 Of course that is why the Turks want this shelved.
So the End result "maybe" America keeps a Muslim nation out of the EU club and out of helping in Iraq? |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:39:39 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
No if Turkey does that it would Upset the New EU Deal. And ask any Turks they do not want it brought up.
Ref: Basil Falwty example.
Turkey may not but the Armenian survivors and their descendants think differently. Are they less important then the Turks? |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:16:36 No if Turkey does that it would Upset the New EU Deal. And ask any Turks they do not want it brought up.
Ref: Basil Falwty example. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:13:34 Or maybe it is just time that we put this whole thing to rest ... Turkey acknowledges the genocide and we can start moving on and healing ... |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:10:07 Like the Classic Basil Falwty having a go at his German guests. People running Hotels would never do that, of course the ultra clever storyline, is his bang on his head changed Basil.

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| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:07:35 Maybe America wants Turkey out of the Iraq deal? That is what you would think is the plan here.
There will never be a Trial it would just be them saying they were Guilty and Sorry etc., at this important "EU Deal" time. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 17:01:50 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
No one is saying sweep it but at this time with Turkey helping in Iraq the Americans are Mad to bring up that Dark history.
This is all about Timing, No one is saying not to bring this up later, but about now America is not doing well in Iraq near Turkey.
Just as there were always 'valid' reasons for not pushing the agenda in the past, there will no doubt be plenty of 'valid' reasons for not pushing the agenda in the future.
As far as I am aware there is no statute of limitations on murder but that does not mean that you can put off a trial for murder just because it doesn't fit in well with your timetable or agenda. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 16:44:49 No one is saying sweep it but at this time with Turkey helping in Iraq the Americans are Mad to bring up that Dark history.
This is all about Timing, No one is saying not to bring this up later, but about now America is not doing well in Iraq near Turkey. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 16:38:58 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
That History being brought up could bring Turkey out of Iraq. So Yes that Dark History should not have been talked about it could backfire even more and not allow Turkey in the EU club.
The Americans need Turkey's Troops helping in Iraq ans also using their land to go through etc.
America is not a good nation that is the problem.
It is like when Stalin was having a go at Hitler. And of course Stalin was also Evil.
So you hold that the Armenian Genocide should be swept under the carpet and forgotten about because America is evil? |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 16:14:41 That History being brought up could bring Turkey out of Iraq. So Yes that Dark History should not have been talked about it could backfire even more and not allow Turkey in the EU club.
The Americans need Turkey's Troops helping in Iraq ans also using their land to go through etc.
America is not a good nation that is the problem.
It is like when Stalin was having a go at Hitler. And of course Stalin was also Evil.
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 15:56:48 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
No one here is saying it never went down, but the Americans bringing that up after murdering around 1 million Iraqi people is a Big Insult to Turkey.
So you are saying that no country that has any history has the duty to acknowledge wrong doing or expect other countries to acknowledge wrongdoing?
quote: Originally posted by long time no see
Whatever next what the Romans did wrong in Italy?
So history has nothing to teach us at all? We should not concern ourselves with history?
quote: Originally posted by long time no see
1915 is not important to 2007 Politics FACT.
Maybe not ... however genocide is genocide and I daresay that to the Armenian that are currently scattered all over the globe, having the Armenian Genocide recognised as such by Turkey is very important ... or are you claiming that the survivors and their descendants do not deserve to have their past sufferings recognised and acknowledged?
quote: Originally posted by long time no see
America should not be doing deals with Turkey if they feel that Evil 1915 episode is worthy a debate!
It isn't just 1915, it carried on to 1927. And this debate is long overdue.
Furthermore just because you are in dispute over the gas bill, no one expects you to stop paying your electric bill. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 15:46:17 No I am saying This Year under New Labour Neo Conservatives they want Turkey in the EU gang.
No one here is saying it never went down, but the Americans bringing that up after murdering around 1 million Iraqi people is a Big Insult to Turkey.
Whatever next what the Romans did wrong in Italy?
1915 is not important to 2007 Politics FACT.
America should not be doing deals with Turkey if they feel that Evil 1915 episode is worthy a debate! |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 15:40:39 quote: Originally posted by long time no see
Of Course because New Labour want Turkey in the EU soon.
We are talking about the Armenian genocide of 1915-27 are we not? Winston Churchill referred to the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenians as an “administrative holocaust”. the British Parliamentary Blue Book series “The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916 leaves no doubt about what was taking place.
Are you seriously claiming that the various English governments over all those years avoided calling Turkey to recognise the treatment of Armenians during that black period in their history so that New Labour could push for Turkey to join the EU in 2007/8?
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| long time no see |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 15:24:46 Of Course because New Labour want Turkey in the EU soon. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 14/10/2007 : 15:15:58 America would only be one more nation in the list of countries that have finally recognised the Armenian Genocide for what it was ... a genocide! As far as I know we in England still haven't done so .... |