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Submitted by Alexandros (United Kingdom), Jul 16, 2012 at 10:59

In my opinion, it has been made clear since the beginning of the Turkish state that Turkey can not be a reliable partner to anyone, i am not quite sure from where to begin and where to finish. A state built on the mass extermination of populations, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, a state built without any respect to human rights ever, now i think it is even worst, a state that is blackmailing everyone constantly and people that, according to their writings, have become even more arrogant that their governments. If NATO should bomb Syria because they shot down an enemy air craft above their territory, then how many times should Turkey be bombed the last fifty years?

It is clear what Turkey is trying to do and i have several times expressed this opinion on this blog, that they are trying to rebuilt a new Ottoman empire or to put it better a new Ottoman common wealth, based on Islamic socialism, which has the ideals of national socialism, but instead of nation presents Islam as the highest value. All these "revolutions" which have clearly been supported by the West and NATO are throwing down dictatorships, no doubt about that, but they are not bringing to power any liberal democracies, this is clear as well, they are bringing in power Islamofascists. This is clear by the massive massacres of all kind of minorities all around the Arab countries by the Muslim fanatics who are represented i the rest of the world and supported openly by Turkey.

What the solution should be in all this is a very hard one, but as a first step i think that the US should stop supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and be a bit suspicious against the Turkish rhetoric. Also the West has to understand that the Islamic world is unable to acquire real Democratic governments without the participation of the Christian minorities, because the Christians, being much less fanatic in their religion, they can introduce to those societies the liberal principles.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
No need to kick Turkey out of NATO [27 words]spectreJan 3, 2015 02:08220076
Idiz is right: We can't kick out the Turks. Just watch out for them. [292 words]Michael SDec 22, 2014 17:51219907
2TURKEY's FUTURE [84 words]R.T. ErdoganDec 25, 2014 11:01219907
The Turkish enigma [387 words]Michael SDec 29, 2014 06:01219907
Enigma- Turkey is Only Part of the Puzzle [142 words]M. ToveyJan 6, 2015 17:27219907
lumps of coal [226 words]Michael SJan 7, 2015 21:21219907
2The only way to get Turkey out, is to put Russia in [198 words]jgetsJul 17, 2012 12:59197275
Israel [156 words]havasJul 13, 2012 12:58197219
2NATO and Turkey [75 words]nancyFeb 6, 2012 04:49193128
18You people know very little about Turkey [38 words]sephardiFeb 4, 2012 16:43193060
3Friendship and Islamokemalist Barbarism [55 words]Young MCFeb 5, 2012 07:24193060
14You people know very little about Turkey 2 [188 words]sephardiFeb 5, 2012 20:59193060
2Genocidal Boasting [65 words]Young MCFeb 7, 2012 12:42193060
14 LIKES?? [58 words]ayatollahowmanyJan 12, 2015 09:56193060
5Who needs friends if you're looking to rebuild an empire [420 words]trans-parereFeb 1, 2012 03:30192946
1Turkey and Friends [71 words]stanley BFeb 1, 2012 19:33192946
1stanley [436 words]trans-parereFeb 1, 2012 22:27192946
1400 years in super-dog years [183 words]stanley bFeb 2, 2012 18:45192946
2An unfortunate truth [263 words]trans-parereFeb 2, 2012 22:10192946
2Who shall make this happen? [170 words]stanley bFeb 3, 2012 17:21192946
Erdogan [26 words]SafaFeb 4, 2012 07:46192946
1Freedom Requires Effort. Slavery Simply Asks One to Submit. [478 words]trans-parereFeb 5, 2012 00:22192946
2Islamic power? [47 words]trans-parereFeb 5, 2012 00:42192946
1Turkey may yet have its fate with destiny [90 words]PeterFeb 13, 2012 05:24192946
3New Ottoman empire [336 words]AlexandrosJul 16, 2012 10:59192946
turkey out of nato and perry out of presidential race [15 words]havasJan 31, 2012 02:57192918
Whether Perry was correct or not, he did not look good [95 words]saraJan 20, 2012 16:37192712
Fleeing Eurabia [10 words]JamesJan 19, 2012 19:32192701
3In Spite of Perry's Poor Poll Showing-He Wasn't Wrong About Turkey's Turn From The West [202 words]M. ToveyJan 19, 2012 17:14192696

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