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To: Wiz
Historically, the Turks have been the greatest enemy of the West, of all the Muslim countries, until the last century when things cooled down with them after WWI. Maybe they are jumping on board with their Islamo-facist friends.

Remember our victories during the Siege of Malta in 1565 and Lepanto in 1571.

We have been fighting the Turks from the time of the 1st Crusade through the Renaissance, Tripoli, and World War I. They have been causing us trouble in Iraq recently. They are no friends of ours.

6 posted on 05/09/2006 6:54:17 AM PDT by Theoden ("and called the kings of Christendom for swords about the Cross" -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Theoden
Historically, the Turks have been the greatest enemy of the West, of all the Muslim countries, until the last century when things cooled down with them after WWI.

The "cool down" was named Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

10 posted on 05/09/2006 7:01:35 AM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: Theoden

Saladin was a Kurd, you know...


13 posted on 05/09/2006 7:03:26 AM PDT by LN2Campy
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To: Theoden
They are no friends of ours.

Except as allies to keep Russia from gaining warm water ports.

15 posted on 05/09/2006 7:10:46 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Natural Selection is the Free Market : Intelligent Design is the Centrally Planned Economy)
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