tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post5502271622862264789..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: Turkey and GenocideAlexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-63484751522143726872007-10-15T16:04:00.000-05:002007-10-15T16:04:00.000-05:00OK here we go. I have lived abroad for the last si...OK here we go. I have lived abroad for the last six years working for the military. My job has taken me to Turkey as well as other countries many times. You cannot begin to imagine the strategic importance of countries like Turkey. As a veteran with 20 years of service I don’t think we’re ready to go out on a limb as a country. We can’t afford to. Our military is strung out, and as a civilian, I work with soldiers and see it every day. Women and contractors take up the slack of the lack of men who avoid this obligation. As we enjoy freedom with no worries, visiting places like Duncan Donuts and focusing on events that occurred 100 years ago, our soldiers continue to die on a daily bases. <BR/>If we hold every country accountable for every evil thing they did almost 100 or 200 years ago, we would run out of allies and trust me, more of our soldiers will die. Having strategic allies is probably not important to you because you are not directly affected, but as a soldier you would be. <BR/>I am not a Native American, I am a Black American and I don’t even want to touch the slavery issue, which was wrong but it happened. Living and being educated “outside” as well as “inside” our country has provided me with a different aspect of “who we are” and “where we are going” as a country. There is allot happening in this world that will affect us as a nation, we need to wake up. If you take my right flank, I become vulnerable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-60934489874901023672007-10-14T15:44:00.000-05:002007-10-14T15:44:00.000-05:00Two more things on this:1) Turkey has never said i...Two more things on this:<BR/><BR/>1) Turkey has never said it was the "right time" for this, and they never will<BR/><BR/>2) The last of the genocide survivors are dying off, so it's not going to matter as much in a few yearsadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-24029546276404843032007-10-14T10:42:00.000-05:002007-10-14T10:42:00.000-05:00Well, two of us are Native Americans, and the thir...Well, two of us are Native Americans, and the third one agrees that this is an absolutely necessary action by the United States to recognize the fact that there was a genocide. Turkey doesn't need to feel threatened by having the truth stated. <BR/><BR/>The US as a nation has some sins to atone for, but as far as most of us indigenous people see it, the problems that Indians have with the government are an internal matter of the US. We will always stand with our nation against outsiders, and we don't want to be used as an excuse for other nations to ignore or commit genocide. <BR/><BR/>This is my own personal opinion, but the idea that we can't afford to lose (not loose) has been an excuse for us accept as necessary the existence of dicators and tyrants. And yet the historical record is showing us how much of an error that is every time. No, we don't absolutely need Turkey.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-55956806498677914282007-10-13T00:48:00.000-05:002007-10-13T00:48:00.000-05:00It would be hypocritical for us as a nation to set...It would be hypocritical for us as a nation to set back and point to Turkey accusing them as committing genocide years ago. America has genocidal blood on her hands as well. What did we do to the Native Americans in the US? We as a country need to accept the full scale of what happened and make sure that everything that happened is taught in every American school. When was the last time you visited a Native American Territory?<BR/>Turkey is a very important ally to the US and trust me, we can’t afford to loose them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-62272102092619013372007-10-10T08:31:00.000-05:002007-10-10T08:31:00.000-05:00I wholeheartedly agree.I wholeheartedly agree.adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.com