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Reader comment on item: Thoughts on the Syrian Downing of a Turkish Warplane
Submitted by theantislamist (United Kingdom), Oct 15, 2012 at 16:23
Curious, Mr Pipes- have you spent time in Turkey?
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Yes, a summer in 1973 and many visits since.
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 Turkey & Islam [9 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | theantislamist | Oct 15, 2012 16:23 | 199841 | ||
| Sep. 29 fakes part of psychological war [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Syrian Observer | Sep 29, 2012 17:54 | 199286 | ||
| 1 |  Gulf countries drinking the blood of Syrians [181 words] | Syrian Observer | Sep 30, 2012 07:15 | 199286 | |
| Hurriyet [13 words] | Syrian Observer | Sep 30, 2012 14:32 | 199286 | ||
| turkey and iran [373 words] | havas | Jul 2, 2012 12:51 | 196892 | ||
| 2 | Don't fear, grey wolf! Your American masters will fit sharp false teeth ... [36 words] | Ianus | Jul 3, 2012 12:02 | 196892 | |
| Russia, Turkey, Iran, Syria; More Questions Than Answers [507 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 10, 2012 16:51 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | Turkish in confused condition? [368 words] | Angel | Jul 11, 2012 17:13 | 196892 | |
| Turkey Clear Message [115 words] | Angel | Jul 11, 2012 18:08 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | America's - not Turkey's - message! [252 words] | Ianus | Jul 15, 2012 17:50 | 196892 | |
| Ianus's Syrianesque Response [44 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 16, 2012 16:00 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | What is a greater evil for the world - the US-jihadist coalition or the Russian naval base in Tartus ? [148 words] | Ianus | Jul 17, 2012 04:20 | 196892 | |
| The Greater Evil for the World is that Too Few Seek for Its Peace [660 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 18, 2012 19:21 | 196892 | ||
| 3 | The Greater Evil for the World is the US-jihadis coalition then, isn't it? [1768 words] | Ianus | Jul 23, 2012 09:12 | 196892 | |
| A US Led Coalition Will Be the Least of the World's Problems [154 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 24, 2012 19:27 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | The CIA - a charity organization [345 words] | Ianus | Jul 24, 2012 23:34 | 196892 | |
| CIA a Charity Org? - Then What does that Make the UNRWA? [465 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 25, 2012 19:17 | 196892 | ||
| 2 | ı dont understand [311 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | havas | Jun 28, 2012 04:58 | 196779 | |
| 1 | A risk worth taking? No. [24 words] | Lily Flacks | Jun 28, 2012 00:02 | 196774 | |
| 2 | For Qatar and Saudi Arabia [41 words] | Ianus | Jun 29, 2012 17:50 | 196774 | |
| Surprised its taken this long [256 words] | David D | Jun 27, 2012 18:58 | 196766 | ||
| 1 | How many new Bin Ladens are being made in Syria now ? [859 words] | Ianus | Jun 28, 2012 12:38 | 196766 | |
| Response [62 words] | David D | Jun 29, 2012 15:27 | 196766 | ||
| 5 | Assad is a lesser evil [673 words] | Ianus | Jun 29, 2012 17:46 | 196766 | |
| 1 | Which one does pose a greater danger? [275 words] | Aisha | Jul 2, 2012 05:32 | 196766 | |
| only fools rush in to be used by Islam purpose [70 words] | Don Marsh | Jun 27, 2012 18:52 | 196765 | ||
| exposing weakness [146 words] | myth | Jun 27, 2012 08:32 | 196748 | ||
| turkey not so powerful [150 words] | havas | Jun 26, 2012 15:06 | 196713 | ||
| 1 | Erdogan's days are counted. He has got cancer. [178 words] | Ianus | Jun 26, 2012 19:18 | 196713 | |
| 2 | Turkey's Continuing Dilemma - Getting No Respect - Internally or Externally [326 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 26, 2012 19:28 | 196713 | |
| 4 | Havas, restore the "TurkoArab islamic honor" [51 words] | Nikos | Jun 27, 2012 02:38 | 196713 | |
| 5 | The victims of the Turks and their imperialism [329 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 29, 2012 14:56 | 196713 | |
| between the lines [58 words] | David | Jun 26, 2012 04:10 | 196692 | ||
| 4 | Why I Back Assad [73 words] | Dave | Jun 25, 2012 19:54 | 196683 | |
| 1 | Not likely [297 words] | Oz D | Jun 26, 2012 22:27 | 196683 | |
| Turkey is Not Neutral to Syrian Intentions - and Vice Versa [228 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 25, 2012 19:30 | 196682 | ||
| 2 | Turkey will get this one right. [135 words] | Nazim | Jun 25, 2012 10:31 | 196667 | |
| 8 | Turkey is West? Since When? [481 words] | Alexandros | Jun 26, 2012 08:16 | 196667 | |
| 3 | Two hideous alternatives ? [484 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Axel | Jun 25, 2012 08:27 | 196664 | |
| 1 | Don't forget Iran [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Lars Nielsen | Jun 25, 2012 07:53 | 196663 | |
| 4 | Just another personal view [282 words] | Albert | Jun 25, 2012 06:41 | 196661 | |
| Once burned, twice afraid? [149 words] | Vazir Mukhtar | Jun 24, 2012 21:55 | 196653 | ||
| Partition Syria (and Lebanon) [151 words] | jgets | Jun 24, 2012 16:25 | 196648 | ||
| Lebanon will never integrate with Syria [65 words] | Phoenician Lebanese | Jun 26, 2012 09:10 | 196648 | ||
| Population Exchanges [194 words] | jgets | Jun 27, 2012 03:22 | 196648 | ||
| You are 100% right [212 words] | Prashant | Jun 24, 2012 14:29 | 196644 | ||
| 2 | Violance is not an Islamic monopoly [133 words] | mozere | Jun 26, 2012 06:19 | 196644 | |
| 2 | This guy has a point [156 words] | David | Jun 27, 2012 23:45 | 196644 | |
| 1 | Thoughts on the Syrian downing of a Turkish war plane [64 words] | Judith | Jun 24, 2012 11:46 | 196637 | |
| 2 | Luckily this one's easy: The pact can ony be invoked for acts of aggression against a member state. [66 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jun 24, 2012 09:59 | 196632 | |
| Turkey afraid of Syra's alies [95 words] | Henk | Jun 24, 2012 09:57 | 196630 | ||
| 5 | OK! War -- and then what? [115 words] | Pantelis | Jun 25, 2012 08:57 | 196630 | |
| 3 | A coward's grand design [140 words] | Nelson D'Silva | Jun 24, 2012 07:43 | 196627 | |
| Leaving Turkey alone on a Syrian adventure would have negative affects for Israel [231 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Sanane | Jun 24, 2012 04:50 | 196622 | ||
| 2 | CIA instigated operation? [88 words] | Oz D | Jun 23, 2012 21:42 | 196616 | |
| 1 | Huh? [68 words] | Ray | Jun 24, 2012 14:31 | 196616 | |
| 3 | "CIA officers are there, and they are trying to make new sources and recruit people." "I would be shocked and disappointed if we were not doing these things". [759 words] | Ianus | Jun 24, 2012 16:25 | 196616 |
| Whats the bad news? [49 words] | Charles | Jun 23, 2012 18:23 | 196602 | ||
| 1 | Israel's Strange Dilemma [68 words] | Martin Kaufman | Jun 23, 2012 16:40 | 196598 | |
| Not Strange at All [36 words] | jgets | Jun 26, 2012 15:49 | 196598 | ||
| 2 | NATO [137 words] | William Mallinson | Jun 23, 2012 16:36 | 196597 | |
| 1 | It's in your head [10 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jun 24, 2012 09:57 | 196597 | |
| 2 | both sides [12 words] | mikeT | Jun 23, 2012 16:27 | 196596 | |
| 5 | Good news from Turkey at last ! [295 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 15:51 | 196594 | |
| 2 | Gallipoli [66 words] | gerard | Jun 23, 2012 21:26 | 196594 | |
| 3 | Kemalist jihad - Soviet victory [567 words] | Ianus | Jun 24, 2012 10:45 | 196594 | |
| 1 | Greco Turkish War [257 words] | gerard | Jun 26, 2012 19:09 | 196594 | |
| 2 | Intellectual janissaries [1068 words] | Ianus | Jun 27, 2012 18:19 | 196594 | |
| 1 | The "Jihad" against the entente [189 words] | Gerard | Jun 29, 2012 10:56 | 196594 | |
| 1 | Kemal's shahids and gazis [877 words] | Ianus | Jul 1, 2012 05:55 | 196594 | |
| What better [18 words] | Sylvio Aconapsycus | Jun 23, 2012 15:32 | 196593 | ||
| Turkey relations with neighbours. [51 words] | Walther Metzler | Jun 23, 2012 15:09 | 196589 | ||
| 1 | What Turkey Wants, Turkey Gets [88 words] | Beatrix | Jun 23, 2012 14:47 | 196586 | |
| 2 | Not Turkey, the Turkish lobby in America ! [172 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 20:13 | 196586 | |
| 2 | I was hoping you'd say that! [37 words] | Leon Kushner | Jun 23, 2012 14:39 | 196584 | |
| 4 | An endless list of Turkish defeats, retreats, capitulations, flights and withdrawals [179 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 19:53 | 196584 | |
| 1 | Greek,Israeli bias [103 words] | Ameer RaschidTurkey | Jun 24, 2012 01:42 | 196584 | |
| 2 | Turkish victories post 1700 [136 words] | Mozere | Jun 26, 2012 09:23 | 196584 | |
| 2 | "It is evident that countries not governed by the laws of the Sheriat cannot survive." [402 words] | Ianus | Jun 26, 2012 18:57 | 196584 | |
| 4 | Turkish "victories" [526 words] | Ianus | Jun 27, 2012 06:57 | 196584 |
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