Well of course Erdogan is stomping mad. That was gonna be a given. The timing is interesting for me because I think POTUS Joe did this as a political weapon. Erdogan has been enjoying the benefits of NATO while leaning toward Putin (who wants to run a pipeline through Turkey and Hungary into Europe) so I think POTUS Joe is telling him to make a choice. We're unafraid to deal with whichever way Turkey goes.

The Turks and the Ottoman Empire were a blood thirsty empire bent on ever expanding their dominion. But probably no more so then any of the other ancient “Empires”. Be it the Romans, Mongols, Napoleon or Hitler. Mass genocide just seems to be a part of the history of every power mad ruler.

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What would Ertugrul say about that?

Ever since the "coup" attempt, and when Erdogan placed tanks in front of the shared US-Turkey airbase, with their turrets turned toward the base, I have been saying to get our nucs out of there. Yes, we do have tactical nuclear bombs there. I don't advocate for a full pull out, but leaving them there makes them very vulnerable.

This issue is more nuanced than is generally recognized in the western media. Terrible crimes were committed on both sides, and yes, the Armenians suffered terribly. But please, learn more before you accept the popular press "Turkey is evil" narrative. Think about something that may color how these issues have been reported for nearly 100 years: Most Turks are Muslim. Armenians are Christian. Think that matters in the reporting of the "facts?"

I do not have the first fuck to care what Turkey thinks.

They killed 700,000 - 1,800,000 Armenians, 200,000 to 750,000 Assyrians, and 300,000 to 900,000 Greeks all in the same time span (1914-1922) so it should really be called the Armenian/Assyrian/Greek genocide.

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