Showing his characteristic indifference to the facts, John Wight wrote on RT.com (where else?) that Columbia University professor David L. Phillips had revealed that the Turkish government had been “involved in helping ISIS with recruitment, training, and has provided it with intelligence and safe havens and sanctuary.”
However, if you go to the report, which was published on Huffington Post, under the title “Research Paper: ISIS-Turkey List”, you need to read the fine print, which either Wight did not do. It is just as possible, however, that he read it and decided to sweep it under the rug in order to turn the paper into some kind of smoking gun on Turkey serving as a partner of ISIS. The article, published with the imprimatur of Columbia University’s “Institute for the Study of Human Rights” clearly says that it is providing a list of allegations. Let me repeat that with emphasis. It is a list of allegations. Also, at the very end of the report, it says: Author’s Note: Information presented in this paper is offered without bias or endorsement. (Emphasis in the original.) full: http://louisproyect.org/2015/12/03/turkey-and-isis-separating-fact-from-fiction/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
