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Turkey etiketine sahip kayıtlar gösteriliyor. Tüm kayıtları göster
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28 Kasım 2008 Cuma
Invasion of the Turkey Cakes!
We found these cupcake creations at the Target in Bath, NY last night. I can't decide if they are works of genius or just cake wrecks. What do Mod-Bloggers think?
26 Kasım 2008 Çarşamba
25 Kasım 2008 Salı
13 Ekim 2007 Cumartesi
Turkey and the Armenian Genocide
I want to be 100% clear. I believe that what happened in Turkey during World War 1 against the Armenian people constitutes a genocide. Pure and simple. However, I have to question the motives of the Democrats in Congress who recently pushed thru a Bill to formally state it so. It has lead Turkey to recall its ambassador and is destabilizing an important relationship at this stage in the Iraq War. An ally especially important if we eventually want to withdraw troops, since our transport planes would need to use their airspace.
Let us review the reasons for calling something "genocide". There are two, as I understand it. One, is to accurately label an event for historical perspective. Okay, this has been done by historians worldwide in the case of the Armenian Genocide, and no act of Congress is requried. Two, is to enact the label to authorize certain uses of force by the USA and the UN to stop a genocide. This is irrelevant to the current situation, because the genocide has been over and done with for almost a century now. Taking this into account, I do not understand the push at this time to take this historic step. Unless it is a Congress that is desperately looking for any "progress" to bring home for the election season to justify their existence over the last year.
I am ready to be proven wrong on this - I had an Armenian friend a few years back who introduced me to this subject and taught me a lot. But it just looks like grandstanding to me, at exactly the wrong time.
Let us review the reasons for calling something "genocide". There are two, as I understand it. One, is to accurately label an event for historical perspective. Okay, this has been done by historians worldwide in the case of the Armenian Genocide, and no act of Congress is requried. Two, is to enact the label to authorize certain uses of force by the USA and the UN to stop a genocide. This is irrelevant to the current situation, because the genocide has been over and done with for almost a century now. Taking this into account, I do not understand the push at this time to take this historic step. Unless it is a Congress that is desperately looking for any "progress" to bring home for the election season to justify their existence over the last year.
I am ready to be proven wrong on this - I had an Armenian friend a few years back who introduced me to this subject and taught me a lot. But it just looks like grandstanding to me, at exactly the wrong time.
8 Haziran 2007 Cuma
Russia Counters
Russia has countered our proposal for a missile defense system by saying that we should put our missile defense in Turkey, Iraq, or on sea platforms. So, let me get this straight... putting our missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic is a threat to Russia's balance of power, but putting them in Turkey or Iraq which appear to be *closer* to Russia is okay? I read somewhere that one of the Russian leaders in this is former KGB and wants to return to the Soviet Union style Russia. Is this Russia admitting that they want Poland and the Czech Republic back?
The link above is a NY Times article which seemed to have a good summary and a small number of ads. For those that prefer, here is a USA Today article (Unfortunately, it appears to have a pop-up, but the FireFox pop-up blocker blocks it).
For those wondering where Azerbaijan is, you can see it on the map just north of Iran.
Another cool thing, apparently the NY Times allows you to double click words on their site to get a definition (such as finding out about Azerbaijan). Very cool.
The link above is a NY Times article which seemed to have a good summary and a small number of ads. For those that prefer, here is a USA Today article (Unfortunately, it appears to have a pop-up, but the FireFox pop-up blocker blocks it).
For those wondering where Azerbaijan is, you can see it on the map just north of Iran.
Another cool thing, apparently the NY Times allows you to double click words on their site to get a definition (such as finding out about Azerbaijan). Very cool.
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