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Blame Israel
Reader comment on item: Who Lost Turkey?
Submitted by Joseph II (United States), Jul 7, 2010 at 04:13
Blame Israel. the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead sent shock waves through the Muslim world. Now you're seeing the results. Things have consequences.
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| 1 | Missing the obvious [74 words] | car313 | Oct 26, 2011 16:23 | 190421 | |
 Blame Israel [25 words] | Joseph II | Jul 7, 2010 04:13 | 175250 | ||
 Europe is the number 1 responsible [44 words] | Dawood Benatar | Jul 23, 2010 13:44 | 175250 | ||
| Can't lose what you never had [67 words] | Dave | Jun 29, 2010 09:08 | 174979 | ||
| 1 | Turkey lost itself [303 words] | Cherif El-Ayouty | Jun 29, 2010 05:36 | 174970 | |
| Wahhabis not exist in Turkey at all [92 words] | M A Kavukluoglu | Jun 17, 2010 13:55 | 174500 | ||
| To M A Kavukluoglu [50 words] | Germain Lucas | Jun 18, 2010 11:50 | 174500 | ||
| 1 | It's all about feeding the crocodile hoping to be eaten the last! [391 words] | Germain Lucas | Jun 14, 2010 16:51 | 174410 | |
| Turkey Only Misplaced - It Never Lost Its Islamicism [593 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 14, 2010 15:48 | 174409 | ||
| rise of fundamentalism [29 words] | Mary Seay | Jun 13, 2010 20:53 | 174373 | ||
| 1 | The rise of Islamo-Kemalism [1051 words] | Ianus | Jun 14, 2010 15:18 | 174373 | |
| Specifically: Once religion integrates into politics, there will be still be more splinter parties within secularists and less under the ultimate unifier, Islam [389 words] | Lazman | Jun 13, 2010 18:38 | 174372 | ||
| Broadly: After 7 centuries of Ottoman Empire and 36 Sultans/Caliph, many reforms are needed to alter the mentality that worships power [205 words] | Lazman | Jun 13, 2010 18:02 | 174368 | ||
| 1 | west never looks its own policies towards muslims .. [134 words] | syed ali | Jun 15, 2010 07:47 | 174368 | |
| 1 | Muslims? [200 words] | trans-parere | Jul 28, 2010 10:17 | 174368 | |
| You Are More Likely Correct [62 words] | Mark D. | Jun 13, 2010 15:13 | 174364 | ||
| Blame Cast Lead [43 words] | Chun Doo Hwan | Jun 13, 2010 06:35 | 174342 | ||
| 1 | The bombed synagogues of Istanbul [71 words] | Ianus | Jun 16, 2010 18:16 | 174342 | |
| Historical Trend [229 words] | Vijay | Jun 13, 2010 05:33 | 174336 | ||
| 1 | it is islam that did it [138 words] | Phil Greend | Jun 12, 2010 22:26 | 174318 | |
| Turkey [49 words] | Francis | Jun 12, 2010 14:43 | 174303 | ||
| another explanation: secular recoil [214 words] | myth | Jun 12, 2010 09:54 | 174290 | ||
| Islam Played What Role? [60 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mark D. | Jun 11, 2010 22:56 | 174268 | ||
| Islamization of Turkey [40 words] | G. Rinzler | Jun 11, 2010 16:58 | 174250 | ||
| Where did you get this info from? [19 words] | Asena | Jun 12, 2010 04:45 | 174250 | ||
| Time to bring back a Modern Turkey/Turkiye [98 words] | kamil su | Jun 13, 2010 02:57 | 174250 | ||
| 1 | Saudi gold for Turkey [748 words] | Ianus | Jun 13, 2010 08:24 | 174250 | |
| Israel lost Turkey - the world still has it. [214 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Jun 11, 2010 09:55 | 174228 | ||
| 2 | Turkey changes direction in the last 30 years [266 words] | Ognyan Minchev | Jun 11, 2010 08:55 | 174225 |
| 1 | Turkish history-writing [173 words] | G.Vishvas | Jun 11, 2010 08:33 | 174221 | |
| 1 | WESTERN FOLLY [83 words] | tyroneez | Jan 15, 2012 23:32 | 174221 | |
| Is Turkey an Isolated Case? [62 words] | Gamaliel Isaac | Jun 11, 2010 07:28 | 174219 | ||
| who makes the Turkish military? [74 words] | Asean | Jun 12, 2010 05:00 | 174219 | ||
| 1 | THE ATATURK REVOLUTION HAS FAILED [157 words] | shimon mendes | Jun 11, 2010 04:41 | 174208 | |
| Nope, it just was discontinued [153 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jun 12, 2010 01:24 | 174208 | ||
| Good Morning [46 words] | Asena | Jun 12, 2010 04:53 | 174208 | ||
| 1 | HISTORY PROVED THAT LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE HIS SPOTS [259 words] | shimon mendes | Jun 13, 2010 10:50 | 174208 | |
| IT WAS THE TURKISH PEOPLE MISFORTUNE [51 words] | shimon mendes | Jun 13, 2010 11:07 | 174208 | ||
| Turks actually don't need such leaders anymore [95 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jun 14, 2010 03:30 | 174208 | ||
| You are right [126 words] | katie | Jul 15, 2010 02:12 | 174208 | ||
| But are islamists in power that bad, after all? [116 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jun 11, 2010 04:24 | 174207 | ||
| So They Focus So Much More Now In Islam [65 words] | Mark D. | Jun 11, 2010 23:42 | 174207 | ||
| TURKEY IN THE RACE OF BEING THE NEXT PAKISTAN [64 words] | F60 | Jun 11, 2010 02:51 | 174205 | ||
| I go with door #2 [227 words] | NOproblem | Jun 11, 2010 02:47 | 174204 | ||
| 1 | The case of Turkey [96 words] | Janusz Kowalik | Jun 10, 2010 20:23 | 174195 | |
| Who lost Turkey [122 words] | Nenette Grunberg | Jun 10, 2010 20:21 | 174194 | ||
| Anatoly's Two Cents on Anatolia [477 words] | Anatoly Tsaliovich | Jun 10, 2010 19:56 | 174193 | ||
| Wrong [161 words] | Asena | Jun 12, 2010 05:16 | 174193 | ||
| Asena should pay more attention to facts and put them in context [275 words] | Anatoly Tsaliovich | Jun 13, 2010 02:15 | 174193 | ||
| almost an explanation [66 words] | myth | Jun 10, 2010 19:15 | 174189 | ||
| The West is to Blame [596 words] | Historyscoper | Jun 10, 2010 18:55 | 174187 | ||
| Turks lost the Turkey that Ataturk intended it to be. [19 words] | M.D. | Jun 10, 2010 18:42 | 174186 | ||
| The Threat of Islam [47 words] | Mark D. | Jun 11, 2010 23:11 | 174186 | ||
| Let's not forget what the turks did to Europe for 500 years ...... [290 words] | RND | Jun 10, 2010 18:34 | 174183 | ||
| Let's not forget what the turks did to Europe for 500 years ...... [202 words] | RND | Jun 10, 2010 18:23 | 174182 | ||
| total fraction of lost votes is almost 50% [121 words] | myth | Jun 10, 2010 18:19 | 174180 | ||
| Two thoughts [58 words] | Diane | Jun 10, 2010 17:15 | 174176 | ||
| Islam Played a Role To What Degree? [68 words] | Mark D. | Jun 11, 2010 23:04 | 174176 |
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