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Another potential match
Reader comment on item: Cyprus on the World Stage
in response to reader comment: Turks in Cyprus and the real reason for the Greek coup
Submitted by Joe Six-Pack (United States), Oct 13, 2011 at 12:53
The Middle East has been a volatile mix for decades. Maybe this is just me, but does it seem like we have more than the usual potential 'matches' right now? All of the unrest or 'Arab Spring' on top of everything else. We have Iran possibly engaged in an act of war against Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Not that they have not been covertly fighting us for decades, but the openness of this move is a very real concern.
It seems to me that the Middle East is very near a brink of some major conflict. All it nees now is something to bring it all together, a 'match' if you will. Not that this is unusual, but it just seems like the entire Middle East is very 'touch and go' right now.
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| 1 | Parallels between Israel/"Occupied Territories" vs Turkey/Northern Cyprus [73 words] | Sigmund Derman | Jan 6, 2012 15:27 | 192343 | |
| 1 |  You are so naive Sigmund Derman [59 words] | Prashant | Jan 7, 2012 10:50 | 192343 | |
| 2 | Cyprus Need Firm US Backing [67 words] | Dave | Dec 28, 2011 21:45 | 192118 | |
| 4 | Better be careful! [104 words] | Yoven | Oct 14, 2011 20:18 | 190041 | |
| 14 | Israel, Cyprus and Greece [366 words] | jgets | Oct 13, 2011 14:46 | 190011 | |
| 1 | Another suggession [182 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 24, 2011 14:12 | 190011 | |
| 15 | End of the Turkish anomaly [314 words] | Ianus | Oct 26, 2011 10:12 | 190011 | |
| 1 | My answer to Ianus [665 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 26, 2011 22:51 | 190011 | |
| 7 | Wrong history [364 words] | Ianus | Oct 28, 2011 08:42 | 190011 | |
| 7 | "Chechen civilization" - slave markets, beheadings and kidnappings [436 words] | Ianus | Oct 28, 2011 09:52 | 190011 | |
| 2 | Banerjee I can;t believe this guy. [32 words] | KayT (India) | Dec 30, 2011 03:24 | 190011 | |
| I do not forget anything [114 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Dec 31, 2011 03:43 | 190011 | ||
| Banerjee's wierd logic [35 words] | Prashant | Jan 1, 2012 15:46 | 190011 | ||
| What will Russia's policy be? [90 words] | Stuart Fagin | Oct 13, 2011 08:26 | 190006 | ||
| 5 | biased interests [83 words] | Athinagoras | Oct 13, 2011 00:56 | 190002 | |
| 1 | Theatre like Cyprus [145 words] | Jay1 | Oct 12, 2011 19:39 | 189996 | |
| 10 | USA's past romances [99 words] | L. Manohar | Oct 12, 2011 04:11 | 189985 | |
| 1 | L Manohar's point to ponder. [63 words] | Prashant | Oct 13, 2011 21:57 | 189985 | |
| 13 | Neither old nor romantic ! Turks buy love from the US through high-ranking govermental pimps [885 words] | Ianus | Oct 14, 2011 16:22 | 189985 | |
| 4 | Turks in Cyprus and the real reason for the Greek coup [198 words] | George Philip | Oct 11, 2011 16:22 | 189975 | |
| 2 | Turkish identity is a mixture of Turkic migrants and indigenous converts. [68 words] | Jon Oz | Oct 12, 2011 21:56 | 189975 | |
| 1 |  Another potential match [134 words] | Joe Six-Pack | Oct 13, 2011 12:53 | 189975 | |
| 15 | How and what the Turkish community in Cyprus "developed". [1065 words] | Ianus | Oct 15, 2011 19:54 | 189975 | |
| 3 | Turks also did good things [344 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 24, 2011 14:36 | 189975 | |
| 5 | Debanjan's only purpose is to irritate others [58 words] | Josh | Oct 25, 2011 01:49 | 189975 | |
| 2 | Genetics of the people of Turkey [239 words] | Steven A. Adelman | Oct 25, 2011 14:14 | 189975 | |
| 7 | Regress as a "good thing" and demographic war as "intermerriage" [2793 words] | Ianus | Oct 25, 2011 18:57 | 189975 | |
| 2 | If you want to refute me you can Josh [126 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 26, 2011 00:58 | 189975 | |
| 5 | My empire is better than yours - wrong [109 words] | Peter | Oct 26, 2011 08:01 | 189975 | |
| 8 | No canine genes in Turkish DNA? [564 words] | Ianus | Oct 26, 2011 09:20 | 189975 | |
| What you give is only drivel [813 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 31, 2011 06:36 | 189975 | ||
| 5 | "These Christians are not even worth burial, let the dogs eat them." [1261 words] | Ianus | Oct 31, 2011 20:17 | 189975 | |
| 8 | OMG [57 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 2, 2011 00:40 | 189975 | |
| 3 | OMG you are really clutching at straws [40 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 2, 2011 01:05 | 189975 | |
| My answer [108 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 2, 2011 23:30 | 189975 | ||
| Forced conversion [366 words] | Proxenos | Nov 2, 2011 23:46 | 189975 | ||
| 1 | My answers on Cyprus [511 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 2, 2011 23:59 | 189975 | |
| 5 | Oriental solipsism [436 words] | Ianus | Nov 3, 2011 19:24 | 189975 | |
| 2 | Ah, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing [97 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 3, 2011 23:47 | 189975 | |
| 8 | what a victim complex you have!! [226 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 4, 2011 00:08 | 189975 | |
| 1 | Another mistake in Islamists' argumentation [227 words] | Prashant | Nov 5, 2011 11:23 | 189975 | |
| 6 | Debanjans bizarre universe [147 words] | Shishir | Nov 5, 2011 16:54 | 189975 | |
| 4 | Debanjan says: I see your drivel and raise you a delusion! [324 words] | Shishir | Nov 5, 2011 17:12 | 189975 | |
| My reply to Shishir [388 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 6, 2011 08:39 | 189975 | ||
| My Answer to my fellow Bangla babu [176 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 6, 2011 08:55 | 189975 | ||
| Occidental exceptionalism [715 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 6, 2011 09:29 | 189975 | ||
| My answer to Mr. Hall [195 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 6, 2011 09:37 | 189975 | ||
| 1 | My answer to Mr. Shishir [657 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 6, 2011 09:52 | 189975 | |
| 3 | Debanjan Banerjee I have told you there is no need to further demonstrate ... [814 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 6, 2011 20:26 | 189975 | |
| 3 | ... Are you serious? [161 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 7, 2011 03:55 | 189975 | |
| 2 | Answer to Kurdish question [298 words] | Shishir | Nov 7, 2011 12:17 | 189975 | |
| 5 | Oriental obscurantism at its best [1822 words] | Ianus | Nov 7, 2011 18:06 | 189975 | |
| 3 | Debanjan I think you are the blind one here [527 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 7, 2011 19:01 | 189975 | |
| 1 | Debanjan Banerjee's ideas about surplus Kurdish population [134 words] | Josh | Nov 8, 2011 02:35 | 189975 | |
| 2 | Romans and Ottomans:Apples and Oranges [384 words] | Shishir | Nov 8, 2011 16:43 | 189975 | |
| Mr. Josh [94 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 8, 2011 20:21 | 189975 | ||
| Occidental exceptionalism at its best [596 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 9, 2011 02:15 | 189975 | ||
| 1 | I rest my case after I make these two points [168 words] | Josh | Nov 9, 2011 23:09 | 189975 | |
| 1 | Debanjan's true belief [38 words] | Josh | Nov 9, 2011 23:25 | 189975 | |
| 4 | Debanjan Banerjee I have told you there is no need to further demonstrate ... [165 words] | Peter Hall | Nov 10, 2011 01:30 | 189975 | |
| 4 | Football jihad in France [792 words] | Ianus | Nov 17, 2011 09:27 | 189975 | |
| Propagandas do not stand for truth [581 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Nov 19, 2011 05:23 | 189975 | ||
| What a confused man you are! [54 words] | Peter Hall | May 24, 2012 07:05 | 189975 | ||
| rethinking ancient beliefs [22 words] | ak | Jan 14, 2013 23:56 | 189975 | ||
| muslim turk=muslim arab of middle east [39 words] | ak | Jan 15, 2013 00:03 | 189975 | ||
| Y-DNA Turkey Turks=Y-DNA Ancient&Modern Central Asian Turks [18 words] | turktoresi.com | Jun 17, 2015 19:15 | 189975 | ||
| 3 | Full-on alliance between Israel and Cyprus, a gift from Heaven? [74 words] | Carmen Waggoner | Oct 11, 2011 16:21 | 189974 | |
| There is a very good use of Cyprus [96 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 24, 2011 14:23 | 189974 | ||
| 2 | Idea for India [31 words] | Josh | Oct 25, 2011 01:53 | 189974 | |
| 5 | And even better use for Turkey ! [140 words] | Ianus | Oct 26, 2011 09:41 | 189974 | |
| 1 | On the contrary [120 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Oct 26, 2011 22:59 | 189974 | |
| 7 | Wrong resettlers [181 words] | Ianus | Oct 28, 2011 08:09 | 189974 | |
| TURKEY, A LITLE COUNTRY ISLAND [52 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Oct 11, 2011 13:52 | 189970 | ||
| Obama and Clinton Cannot Play That Role [43 words] | jd | Oct 11, 2011 13:11 | 189967 | ||
| Another thought [31 words] | Peter Herz | Oct 12, 2011 21:43 | 189967 | ||
| Money Makes the World Go Round [24 words] | Barry Black | Oct 11, 2011 11:22 | 189965 | ||
| 2 | Cyprus on the World Stage [37 words] | Nenette Grunberg | Oct 11, 2011 10:54 | 189964 | |
| The return [17 words] | Mike | Oct 8, 2014 16:50 | 189964 |
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