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"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:40:26 GMT, "Slartibartfast"
> <noone@nonesuch.orgasm> wrote:
>
> >The USA is bound by treaty and tradition to defend not only Europe and
North
> >America, but also the Balkans, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, South
> >Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan, Australia,
and
> >Latin America.
> >
> >A few of us are simply asking, "why?"
> >
> >Its time for the USA to bring home its armed forces from all over the
globe,
> >to abolish these entangling bilateral and multilateral treaties, to tell
the
> >United Nations to take a 3rd World Hike, and to have a policy of "trade
with
> >all, foreign entangling alliances with none."
> >
> >Being policemen of the world has resulted in us being hated by the world.
> >The world is full of ingrates on their part, and we are filled with
> >self-righteous moralists who send other people's sons and daughters to
fight
> >and die on foreign land for ingrates.  Enough is enough.
> >
> >Isolationism?  No, trade and tourism and whatnot with all - but empire
with
> >none.
> >
> >As for the weapons of mass destruction - well, if they use them, and if
it
> >harms us, then we can and should act.  Finding the criminals who
destroyed
> >the World Trade Center should be a priority.  Saving Turkey and
rebuilding
> >Iraq so they can both oppress the Kurds should not.
>
> What's this about "Saving Turkey.." .  Turkey is posed to enter the EU
> has just had one of many free elections of a reform leadership.


You missed the main point.

As for Turkey, don't tell me that the US isn't working behind the scenes to
shore up moderate support against the new religious government.

Fact is, ancient Kurdistan includes parts of Turkey.  Our NATO and EU
"friend" has no intention of self-determination for the Kurds.


> I suggest you read the recent issue of the "Economist" on Turkey and
> Europe.

<blink>  Why?  Most of what the Economist writes is economic claptrap,
bigoted, biased, and pompous.

I'm not saying anyone else is a whole lot better, though.

> Besides look for the Kurds to come up with a homeland in the north of
> a smaller Iraq next year.  They aren't equipping upwards of a 100,000
> light infantry for drill.

Sure.  But part of Turkey is really part of Kurdistan. Not a lot, but part.

In any event, that was NOT my main focus of my posting.

Alan


> *******************************************************
>
> Every Communist must grasp the truth,
> "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
>
>    "Problems of War and Strategy" (November 6, 1938),
>     Selected Works,  Vol. II, p. 224.
>     Chairman Mao Tse-tung


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