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2020-09-14 The Grand Turk

VDH: Turkey vs. Greece – here's why this centuries-old rivalry matters now

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-14 08:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 As occupiers the Turks did many evil things. Cyprus is an ever living nightmare to the Greeks. Now with gas and oil development Turkey will be as aggressive as China. The Greeks expect this and are preparing now. It will require a united front to have Turkey heel.

Posted by Dale 2020-09-14 11:34|| 2020-09-14 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Didn't the Greeks attack Turkey in the early 20th Century?

But centuries-old rivalry? That rivalry doesn't hold a candle to Ohio State-Michigan.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-14 11:42|| 2020-09-14 11:42|| Front Page Top

#3 ... or Boston & Montreal!

Posted by Raj 2020-09-14 14:38|| 2020-09-14 14:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Duly noted, Raj!

I still shake my head when I think of "too many men on the ice"...1979.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-14 15:52|| 2020-09-14 15:52|| Front Page Top

#5 The 19th and early 20th Century saw the dissolution of most of Turkey's, aka Ottoman Empire, European conquests. Turkey entered WW1 on the German-Austrian side which lost in 1918. The Greeks were dragged into the war by a British-French invasion. It was in that post war situation that things turned ugly again between the parties resulting in mass ethnic cleansing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-14 15:54|| 2020-09-14 15:54|| Front Page Top

#6 My Sister's first husband* told me about being in a Greek Inn drinking his morning coffee and hearing a proud Greek father coming in and ordering a round of drinks: "My son is a man today! He has killed his first Turk." (*He was Marine that was acting as a guide/interpreter for a NOAA group that was re-surveying geodetic markers back in the 60's...)

Posted by magpie 2020-09-14 16:12|| 2020-09-14 16:12|| Front Page Top

#7 /\...This was the Pre-GPS era and if you wanted accurate artillery you would need to base your position off of the nearest correct geodetic marker -- so the USMC had, as you say, an interest in helping NOAA check things out.

Posted by magpie 2020-09-14 16:25|| 2020-09-14 16:25|| Front Page Top

#8 If the Turks make motions to seize Greek islands, the Greeks need to sink a couple Turkish warships to get serious about things. Do we have some Tomahawks and Harpoons and Mk48 we can loan them? Maybe let them rent an ol LA 688 boat to haul those around in, and get a crew in there to train them...

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-14 16:40|| 2020-09-14 16:40|| Front Page Top

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