Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by _ink_ on Friday October 11, 2019 @01:06PM (#21226279)

Turkey is stealing a 30km wide coridor from a different country. If they want a safe zone, they could implement it on their side of the border.

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by ramphastidae on Friday October 11, 2019 @10:28PM (#21230223)

I’m not condoning Turkey’s actions, but this reasoning only works assuming there is a functioning government capable of securing its own territory on the other side of the border and that is not currently the case.

If hostile paramilitary forces were organizing attacks on the other side of the Mexican border at a time when the Mexican government and military itself had collapsed, I can promise you the US would have no problem establishing a safe zone beyond its formal borders.

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by m00dy on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:57PM (#21228865)

Turkey has been fighting with PKK for than 30 years now. I can say that having a safe zone within our borders didn't work so far.

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by jacobush on Friday October 11, 2019 @07:57PM (#21229463)

And this magically will?

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by m00dy on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:44AM (#21232601)

yes, according to famous book 'Art of War by sun tzu', you have to defeat the enemy at his place.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by jacobush on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:38PM (#21237397)

The enemy is in the heart of Erdogan. It’s corrupt and vile.

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