I do not believe that he has emotions. It's all money and power, IMO. And he is as representative of his people as Hitler is of today's Germans. And it's not that Europe is enemies with him.
> Can blame all you want, but what's done is done.
Then you should have the same approach to terrorist attacks too. See, ideas have the bad side effect of applying to a wider spectrum than you intend.
> Canada (or rather British territories in North America) was once at war with the Americans. We were at war with the Germans (twice). We got over it.
You got over it helping each other. You didn't exterminate Germans for the bad they did. Revenge will not bring peace. It'll bring more revenge.
> Don't pretend the Islamic world didn't participate in the [empire building games.]
I'm not a muslim, and I do not have any sympathy for any religion or empire. The world progresses, and what I do not like is the pride that people try to hold on to. My words should boil down to "we are different faces of the same evil". In the end, West has had more chance to mess it up than the muslims, and they've never ceased to do so. Where are the native americans?
> If the West is so vengeful, why IS Istanbul still Istanbul?
It is Istanbul now. Who knows what'll happen tomorrow?
If it's all money and power, he's throwing his lot in with the wrong players IMO.
> Then you should have the same approach to terrorist attacks too.
I would be glad to think the same of terrorist attacks. Unfortunately they're an almost daily occurrence.
> You didn't exterminate Germans for the bad they did. Revenge will not bring peace. It'll bring more revenge.
Yes it will. And if we did nothing today, Islamists would still be seeking revenge tomorrow.
> It is Istanbul now. Who knows what'll happen tomorrow?
Here's 2 predictions.
Option 1: Erdogan gets voted out, and it returns to be a vibrant world capital.
Option 2: Erdogan stays the course, pisses enough people off that NATO sells him out to the Russians who, along with the Greeks, would love to 'liberate' Constantinople...
Not in the Europe. That's our problem.
> Yes it will. And if we did nothing today, Islamists would still be seeking revenge tomorrow.
To whom? From whom does the west want revenge. This is the question. And apparently there are some people who'd say from all muslims, or from all arabs. You, and the other guy who responded me seem to be of that ilk. There are muslims like you, who seek a revenge from the whole non-muslim. We call these fundamentalist, radicals, etc. These are identical to you, with the difference of possessing less power. I hope all the people I refer here die painful deaths, that you wish upon innocents.
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You're not making a great case here...
> that you wish upon innocents
Show me where I've wished bodily harm to people who are innocent. Hopefully what you're saying is a language misunderstanding, I do tend to use some flowery language when writing in English...
And that's why there's still hope for Turkey.
> In fact, the suicide-bomber-brothers who killed upwards of a hundred victims in Ankara were reported to be islamic state militants multiple times by their parents. They've reported them many times to different authorities.
Well, plenty of people do think that Erdogan is strongly sympathetic to ISIS...
> Here, the west is to blame.
Can blame all you want, but what's done is done. Canada (or rather British territories in North America) was once at war with the Americans. We were at war with the Germans (twice). We got over it.
> The world is a bad place because of your empire building games.
Don't pretend the Islamic world didn't participate in the same. How many cultures were destroyed by Islamic conquests? Remember, Turkey wasn't always Turkish. Istanbul wasn't always Istanbul.
If the West is so vengeful, why IS Istanbul still Istanbul?