this thread is dead to me. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Sabri Oncu <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim: > >> (BTW, as I read it "by all reports the army remains an extremely >> loose, and lightly armed force" refers to the "Free Syrian Army" not >> to the Turkish one.) > > What do you expect from such an "army" Jim? > > Would they be armed with warships, warplanes, helicopters, tanks, what have > you? > > By the way, the Turkish army is not as strong as you might think. They > may have the manpower, that is, the numbers, but not enough equipment > to fight a war in Syria. If they enter, they will lose that war right > there. > > The Syrian situation is way more complicated that what is advertised > in the Western media. It is a war between two regional powers, among > other things: Iran and Turkey. At the global level, it is a war > between the US/U versus China/Russia and several other unimportant > patties. > > And Turkey has the backing of the US and the EU. > > Even then, Turkey is not the stronger contender. > > And this is just a small part of the entire picture. > > I don't give a shit to what Western Islamophobics say, but, if it goes > like this, I will resign from the left so that I cannot be accused of > being a left Islamaphobic or a "fucking idiot". > > Gather your facts, first, and say whatever you want to say, whether > that involves the f word or not. > > You know, I have no problems with using that word whenever I think it > is appropriate. > > After all, it is a personal thing and a sign of personal weakness, > about which I am not proud of. > > Best, > Sabri > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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