realtrance Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 First round goes to: Turkey! Hey, maybe we'll get lucky and George will say something to really piss off the leadership in Ankara, too... http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=237 rt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Dead link? /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realtrance Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 nope, just got right to it. rt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZsound Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I heard on the news the other day that we were sending arms to Turkey. What a stupid idea.. They have wings now and can't fly, what the hell do they need arms for? Mark G. "A man may fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame others" -- John Burroughs "I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man." -- Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Mats, this is totally off-topic but I love your new avatar, not because I like that, uh, soup, but I have two Welsh Corgis, as featured on the "Ten Dogs" can. Cool! :thu: Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Probably featured inside the can, too. :eek: :freak: I had the letters mixed up on the thread header. I thought it might have referred to William Shatner's bowel problems. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNC Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Slightly OT, but the article mentions England in the opening paragraphs. Just incase someone missed it, the England has just deployed several warships w/Royal Marines to the ME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realtrance Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 WARNING: this thread may be dangerous to dyslexics!! :eek: rt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by realtrance: [b]WARNING: this thread may be dangerous to dyslexics!! :eek: rt[/b][/quote]That's why I was referring to William Shatner's bowel problems. :D "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbayson Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I actually just got back from Turkey a few days ago. I vacationed there for eleven days my girlfriend, primarily in Istanbul, with a three day trip to Selcuk, Ephesus, Sirence and Pamukkale. (I live in Brooklyn, NY). First: "Why the hell did you go to Turkey?" That's what everybody asks. I had gone to Prague a few years ago, and wanted to explore Eastern Europe / the Middle East a little further. Istanbul is largely secularized, modernized and tourist-friendly. My girlfriend, on a year-long backpacking trip she took last year, had planned on passing through Turkey in a couple days, and ended up staying for a month because she loved it so much. I saw a gazillion other tourists in Turkey, but probably only one or two Americans during my entire trip. I am sure this is because of the well-documented anti-American sentiment growing in Turkey, as well as the tension with neighboring Iraq. The anti-American sentiment is definitely there, but it is certainly not extremist or militant. Everybody I met was extremely friendly to me personally. It usually was directed more at George W. than anybody else. Nearly everybody I met said something to this effect: We do not like George W. Bush. He wants to make war, and we do not like war. Which is hard to argue with, really. A couple of times I had to shoot down some extremely ignorant opinions (e.g., I think George Bush blew up the WTC himself so that he could go to war). A few people expressed frustration because they had tried to visit America, and were given the run-around for months by immigration. I can understand resenting a political entity that automatically suspects you of being a terrorist. In any case, I loved Istanbul, and made friends there with some great people. It would be a real shame if we soured our relationship with Turkey over the war with Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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