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  • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

    Originally posted by French Rage View Post
    It's nobodies' business but theirs.
    It's Ankara not Constantinople?
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    "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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    • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

      This is amazing. Turkey is not a "developing nation." Appears initially that factions seek a return to more secular government, which Erdogan has been drifting away from.

      Wonder what tDonald knew. The Trump Towers in Istanbul were his first in Europe.

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      • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

        This is the 4th or 5th time the military has stepped in when it strays toward fundamentalism, I believe.
        "I went over the facts in my head, and admired how much uglier the situation had just become. Over the years I've learned that ignorance is more than just bliss. It's freaking orgasmic ecstasy".- Harry Dresden, Blood Rites


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        • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

          Not being up to date on the politics of Turkey...do we (USA) have a "side" that, if they succeed would be much better or much worse than if the other prevails?
          Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

          RIP - Kirby

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          • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            I love how many people question his tenure. He couldn't be more of a leader and representative for what this country is to its core with the following words:

            "In the wake of last night's attacks, we've heard more suggestions that all Muslims in America be targeted, tested for their beliefs, some deported or jailed," Obama said in remarks from the White House. "And the very suggestion is repugnant and an affront to everything that we stand for as Americans."

            Obama's implicit critique of Gingrich was a part of broader point he made Friday in response to the Nice attack, which he called "sickening."

            "It's been a difficult several weeks in the United States, but the divide that exists is not between races and ethnicities and religions," Obama said. "And those impulses, when we do not speak out against them and build institutions to protect people from those impulses, they can take over. They can be unleashed, so all of us have responsibilities, not just a few."
            Obama said the fight against terrorists will be won when the United States "stays true to our values."

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            • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

              Does it make sense to move turkey to the Foreign Policy thread?
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              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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              • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                Does it make sense to move turkey to the Foreign Policy thread?
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                • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                  Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                  This is the 4th or 5th time the military has stepped in when it strays toward fundamentalism, I believe.
                  IINM it is actually written into the Constitution that they have to if they feel secularism is threatened.
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                  • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                    Holy sh-t, the revolution is being televised, live, on CNN.
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                    • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                      Yes
                      Works for me

                      Edit: actually, this probably deserves its own thread
                      Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

                      RIP - Kirby

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                      • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                        Oh hey look, martial law. What do you know...

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                        • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                          And now, Munich,Germany.

                          http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-22-13-37-20

                          Strangely enough, buried in that story was this tidbit I hadn't heard before:

                          It's the second attack in Germany in less than a week. On Monday, a 17-year-old Afghan wounded four people in an ax-and-knife attack on a regional train near the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg, and another woman outside as he fled. All survived, although one man from the train remains in life-threatening condition. The attacker was shot and killed by police.
                          Last edited by The Sicatoka; 07-22-2016, 01:26 PM.
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                          • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                            Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
                            And now, Munich,Germany.
                            And we're up to at least 9 dead.
                            http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-22-13-37-20
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                            • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                              Lest anyone think this was another ISIS attack, the killer is David Sonboly, an 18 year old high schooler born in Munich with two motives: he was mentally ill and seeking revenge for being bullied & he was a right-wing nut who hated immigrants and wanted to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the attack in Norway that killed 77 young socialist leaders.

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                              • Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                                Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                                Lest anyone think this was another ISIS attack, the killer is David Sonboly, an 18 year old high schooler born in Munich with two motives: he was mentally ill and seeking revenge for being bullied & he was a right-wing nut who hated immigrants and wanted to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the attack in Norway that killed 77 young socialist leaders.
                                It no longer matters much for those to whom you are probably directing that message, tica. All they see now is We are in danger and better start doing something about it. At first, it had to be danger from outside our own cave; now, any danger works.

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