tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post7857815877799968826..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Roger Cohen, "Turkey Haunted by Its Ghosts": Silvan and the Hypocrisy of the WestJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-410133402613213982015-11-16T10:15:21.330-08:002015-11-16T10:15:21.330-08:00http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/dec/...http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/dec/03/syrian-kurds-are-winning/<br /><br />Jonathan Steele writes what seems quite good background for the book allegedly being reviewed:"<br />"Out of Nowhere: The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War" <br /><br />by Michael M. Gunter<br /><br />London: Hurst, 169 pp., $50.00 (distributed in the US by Oxford University Press)<br /><br />from Steele's report:<br />"...Turkey is the joker in the deck. The peace talks between Turkey and the PKK broke down this summer and Turkey resumed its air strikes on PKK bases. I asked Saleh Muslim if he was afraid of a Turkish military intervention at some point. After all, Rojava is a long and thin slice of land on Turkey’s borders that is only lightly defended by 50,000 Kurdish militia troops. “Two years ago I was most afraid of a Turkish intervention, but Turkey is not so free to do that now,” he replied, apparently confident that Washington’s alliance with the YPG in the struggle against ISIS has limited Turkey’s options...."<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-53047984117385564292015-11-13T08:38:32.146-08:002015-11-13T08:38:32.146-08:00Onion News (Breaking):
President Obama announced ...Onion News (Breaking): <br />President Obama announced today that in light of the European Union's decision to label Israeli products originating from Judea and Samaria (known in some locales as the "West Bank"), the US would follow suit and similarly begin labeling Turkish products manufactured in Occupied Northern Cyprus. At a last minute press conference, US State Department spokesman, John Kirby said that "the US will propose strong wording aimed at clearly informing US consumers of the atrocities committed by the Turkish Army when they invaded the Island in 1974". He added that "40 percent of the Island remains occupied and some 200,000 Greek refugees never returned after being expelled from their homes and farms in Northern Cyprus."<br />President Erdoğan called President Obama to express his outrage over the US decision and has threatened to recall his ambassador from Washington.<br />EU High Representative Federica Mogherini also expressed her displeasure regarding the US decision stating "two rights don't make a wrong". When asked to elaborate she said "Our Occupation Hypocrisy is clear and we will not waiver. Our history dictates that Jews must be treated differently."<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com