[a_Turk]

>> in the tens of thousands

These numbers have a way of growing, as illustrated by your comment. At a modest percentage of growth per year, 80 years from now we could be looking at over a million.

Pathetic, and ridiculous.

Quick, tell me how many Turkish Cypriots were massacred by the Greek Enosis death squads before the Turkish Army arrived in line with our treaty obligations?

I am amazed! Astonished at you.. How is it that an enlightened person can be so blind sometimes?

Truly amazing..

[alethia]

Actually, a_Turk, this information is documented as around 30,000 to 50,000. I pretty significantly downscaled what I had read/researched in different sources. What is the number of missing that you have in mind? Surely you will not say that no Greek Cypriots are missing? The numbers were significant.

I am also not blind to the fact that there have been in excess of 30,000 Turkish citizens murdered by Kurdish terrorists in recent years. This has caused the high level of angst and desire to prevent more Turkish deaths at most any cost -- including sending Special Operations forces into Northern Iraq.

We lost 3000 American citizens on September 11th -- and we will never forget how these deaths occurred and who was responsible. Our current military action shows the lengths to which our country will go to preserve its security.

In all of these cases, these deaths have caused pain, suffering and hatred to the people and ethnic groups suffering them. I am quite enlightened -- and pretty balanced in my outlook and presentation of the facts, a_Turk.