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2018-08-27 The Grand Turk

Turkey’s Erdogan says will bring ‘security and peace’ to Syria, Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2018-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 battle of Manzikert was between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Kingdom. The Seljuks won that one. It took about 30 years for the Byzantines to recover from that defeat.

Posted by lord garth 2018-08-27 00:26|| 2018-08-27 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 "Some careless people among us think this is about Tayyip Erdogan or the AK Party. No, this is about Turkey," Erdogan said.

Not so careless people are pretty sure it's all about you, Gollum.

Posted by Raj 2018-08-27 00:39|| 2018-08-27 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 They make a desert, then call it peace.
Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
--Tacitus, Close of chapter 30, Oxford Revised Translation

Posted by magpie 2018-08-27 01:01|| 2018-08-27 01:01|| Front Page Top

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