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To: L98Fiero
The playstation generation's disdain of America has been fuelled not just by stories told on the knees of parents and grandparents, but also by President George Bush's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Weren't the Greeks (as well as the Bulgarians, Macedonians, Serbs, etc.) under the heel of the Muslims for hundreds of years? Wasn't it the "evil" western powers who freed them from their yoke of oppression during WWI?

How quickly they forget.

25 posted on 01/12/2007 1:37:42 PM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Tokra

They were under control of the Ottomans from around 1452 (when Constantinople fell) to 1829. As far as Muslim rulers go, the Ottomans were pretty lenient. Also of note is the fact that the [heavily Muslim] Arabs are also strongly anti-Turkish/anti-Ottoman. Greece largely won its independence by itself.


28 posted on 01/12/2007 1:55:15 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
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