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2003-01-09 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Steve 2003-01-09 10:55 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Islamist government of Turkey is the mortal enemy of the Free World. That country needs to be kicked out of NATO, until their Khilafah fever is cured.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-09 12:38:56|| 2003-01-09 12:38:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, in that part of the world it's usually called baksheesh...

Posted by mojo 2003-01-09 14:19:38|| 2003-01-09 14:19:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Turkey is Islamic, not Islamist, and quite secular. Not highly tolerant of non-Islamic faiths, but adjusting to the 20th, if not the 21st, century. The Army takes its role as protector of their Constitution very seriously, and has deposed governments that strayed then returned rule via elections, perhaps unique in the world. In a way, that is also a function of our own Army, though never tested.

Posted by John Anderson 2003-01-09 19:38:40|| 2003-01-09 19:38:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Jane's Def Wkly had photos of what was approximately a tank company in a town in Iraqi Kurdistan. The local Turkish officers got upset with the photographer's efforts to capture their smiling faces for all perpetuity.

Posted by Tom Roberts 2003-01-09 20:52:28|| 2003-01-09 20:52:28|| Front Page Top

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