Turkey is moving troops into Northern Iraq

candletrader · Mar 21, 2003

The Turks are moving into Northern Iraq... I think we should support the Turks to kill the Kurds, if war breaks out between our Turkish NATO allies and the evil Kurdish terrorists... the only Kurds who we shouldn't kill are the Kurds who are helping our soldiers fight the evil Iraqis...

So, in my opinion, we should bomb both the Iraqi scum and the remaining Kurdish scum... we may as well bomb some of the evil Iranians too, who are on that border, cos we are probably gonna attack em after we have taken Iraq...

msfe · Mar 21, 2003

the Turkish armed forces feel a moral obligation to protect their Turkoman brethren in Iraq

The Turkomans of Iraq originally came from central Asia, in a migration that took place over several hundred years, beginning in the 7th century AD. Today, slightly more than two million Turkomans are believed to live in Iraq (mainly in the area shaded blue on the map below). They are Turkish speaking and almost all are Muslims, though there are also about 30,000 Christians.

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/background/turkoman.htm

candletrader · Mar 21, 2003

Thanks msfe... informative link... the introduction of the Turkoman peoples (who I didn't know about) into the geopolitical equation adds great significance to why the Turks wish to move in... it seems like the Turkoman people are being oppressed by both the Kurdish scum and the Iraqis...

Quoting from your link:
"Turkish support for an American attack on Baghdad would probably be conditional on a protected position for the Iraqi Turkomans under a post-Saddam government."

freealways · Mar 22, 2003

Mr Scum, my peace loving side tells me that you are just a victim of circumstances, bad upbringing, bad genes, perhaps a bad fall on your head.

The other part in me wants to strangle you just for being the type of person you are.

As a peace gesture towards you I would like to present you with a (photo)copy of Toby Crabel's book. Where did you say you live ?

freealways

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from freealways:

Mr Scum, my peace loving side tells me that you are just a victim of circumstances, bad upbringing, bad genes, perhaps a bad fall on your head.

The other part in me wants to strangle you just for being the type of person you are.

As a peace gesture towards you I would like to present you with a (photo)copy of Toby Crabel's book. Where did you say you live ?

freealways

Brother freenever,

I don't take charity... I give charity... shall I fund you a trading account, so you can stop trading your government handouts?

Love,
Candle

freealways · Mar 23, 2003

freealways

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from freealways:

freealways

Yes, or no? I feel its a moral duty to be charitable to those less fortunate than me... :eek:

daniel_m · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from msfe:

the Turkish armed forces feel a moral obligation to protect their Turkoman brethren in Iraq

The Turkomans of Iraq originally came from central Asia, in a migration that took place over several hundred years, beginning in the 7th century AD. Today, slightly more than two million Turkomans are believed to live in Iraq (mainly in the area shaded blue on the map below). They are Turkish speaking and almost all are Muslims, though there are also about 30,000 Christians.

2million? so ten percent of iraq's population is turkoman?

and all this somehow just managed to escape every single credible publication i have read huh?

but al-bab.com says it's true, so it must be right? it's obviously enough to convince the ever ready and willing msfe and candletrader..

(that's even more ridiculous than the BS macedonian claims that there are 400k macedonians living in albania... some people just believe anything...)

daniel_m · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from candletrader:

Thanks msfe... informative link... the introduction of the Turkoman peoples (who I didn't know about) into the geopolitical equation adds great significance to why the Turks wish to move in... it seems like the Turkoman people are being oppressed by both the Kurdish scum and the Iraqis...

or maybe it's because they'd prefer to guard against any insurrections by the iraqi kurds spilling into turkey (who have between 6-12 million of their own kurds, most of whom desire independance)..

candletrader · Mar 23, 2003

Quote from daniel_m:

(that's even more ridiculous than the BS macedonian claims that there are 400k macedonians living in albania... some people just believe anything...)

The problem with Macedonia is that there are two of em... one on Greek territory and one elsewhere... it has been a sore point for the Greeks for a long while...