Genocide hangover
In the words of a Naional Review blogger:
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has been in London, with a photo-op next to Gordon Brown, his British opposite number, on the steps of Downing Street. The ceremony, the courtesy, goes with the job. In return, Erdogan did something extraordinary. He threatened to expel 100,000 Armenians from Turkey. “They are not my citizens. I am not obliged to keep them in my country.” My citizens? My country? Mass expulsion? This is the mind-set and the language of a dictator.
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In the context, the threat of expelling 100,000 people is less a hang-over from the past than evidence of the kind of world already taking shape.
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Daron on 15 May 2010 at 1:00 am #
Dear Friends,
First of all, I would like to mention, that I am also not a big friend of Turkey’s PM, however we should first look if such articles are authentic or not.
This article is not representing the truth! This article is very subjective and misleading.
Erdogan talked about illegal living Armenians in Turkey, not legal citizens of the Republic of Turkey.
I am not saying that it would be ok to send illegals back to Armenia, however it would be the right of a country. Look at current discussions in US.
Further more I would like to encourage you to spend more time and MONEY in more valuable things than the Genocide discussions. We will never achieve our goal!
Thanks
Daron