From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   So he was spewing some anti American bullshit,   
   trying to "Fight" some battle other people won   
   a lifetime or more ago, and I compared America's   
   history to Turkey's.   
      
   Look. Turkey is a human rights nightmare. The   
   Turks made the conscious decision that they   
   would only have one language, one religion, one   
   people living in Anatolia, regardless of how   
   much greater everyone else's claim to the land   
   was, and it undertook one of the most successful   
   ethnic cleansings the planet had ever known.   
      
   I mean, if the Armenian genocide is too much for   
   you to rap your heads around, go ask the Greeks   
   about Turkish history. Some 24 centuries ago   
   Alexander the Great crossed in Anatolia and liberated   
   Greek cities from the Persian empire. Well, where   
   are all those Greeks today?   
      
   No, they didn't all vanish 23 centuries ago. They   
   were driven out (or under) by the Turks!   
      
   For crying out loud, the Assyrians have been there   
   FOREVER, and even they were persecuted! Every   
   non-turkish identified group was persecuted. Period.   
      
   Turkey has never atoned for any of this. Turkey   
   won't even admit it! They succeed where the Nazis   
   failed and they won't even acknowledge that it   
   happened. Like Yusuf/Giwer, it is an outrage to so   
   much as acknowledge reality!   
      
   Yes, the United States isn't perfect but we are   
   so much better than Turkey that it's senseless   
   even comparing to two. It's like asking, "Which is   
   worse, having your foot tickled or being bludgeoned   
   to death with a piece of cold iron?"   
      
      
      
      
      
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