Tough Turkey
Posted by Ron Coleman on October 28, 2007
Turkey has that Oriental swagger:
Turkey’s top military commander promised Saturday to make Iraq-based Kurdish rebels “grieve with an intensity that they cannot imagine” . . .
Can you imagine a “Western” country’s military leadership phrasing a threat that way? Say, one of ours? There would be Congressional hearings within the week, outraged editorials in the New York Times, and, probably, no grieving rebels.
Not that this means there will be any. Turkey hasn’t really shaken anyone up in about a hundred years. And, I don’t know, a lot of really good military powers have found Iraq… somewhat dicey, shall we say? … especially in the “insurgent” department.
But perhaps when dealing with this sort of enemy, there is something to be said for “mother of all battles”-type fighting words. Isn’t there?
Bob Miller said
Are they mistaking the Kurds for Armenians?
Ara Rubyan said
Touche.
Actually, the one thing the Turks and Kurds have in common is their mutual hatred of Armenians.
Bob Miller said
It’s time to send Condi over their to occupy herself with this set of enmities. That will minimize her bad effects on Israel.
Bob Miller said
I meant “there” above. There should be no their there.