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To: SJackson; wideawake
Ironically, Turkey has long been a favorite of conservatives just as the Arabs have been historically been, and conservative hostility towards the Greeks and Armenians as much a part of conservative "orthodoxy" as hostility to Israel. How delicious that the liberal ADL is in trouble for holding to a historically conservative position.

I used to be a member of the John Birch Society and I can assure FReepers that it was always the Turks who were supported vis a vis the Greeks and Armenians. Greek Cypriots were accused of massacreing Turkish Cypriots, Archbishop Makarios III was called a "leftist," and one of their magazines ran a headline "Grecophile in Congress." As for the Armenians, they have long been "the Jews of chr*stendom."

All that being said, it is undeniable that Turkey has been a better friend to America and Israel than Greece (which is very anti-American and anti-Israel) and that both the Greek- and Armenian-American communities seem to have a hard-left orientation.

The Armenian Church is a purely ethnic church with little theology (despite its beautiful liturgy) and a great deal of nationalism and victimology (sort of the liturgical equivalent of Black Baptists).

I don't really have a dog in this fight, so I think I'll air pop some popcorn, take a seat, and watch the fun!

20 posted on 08/22/2007 6:32:58 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Zakhor 'et 'asher-`asah lekha `Amaleq, baderekh betze'tekhem miMitzrayim.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

My default is to be against any Muslims that war on Christians, Jews, Hindus etc. That’s my rule of thumb and it’s never failed me

In my book no Muslim wars have ever been just, going all the way back to Muhammad, the first Muslim mass murderer


23 posted on 08/22/2007 6:37:34 AM PDT by dennisw
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