Alternative Bombings

[BoldonLad]

Turkey defends itself Turkey strikes Kurdish sites after attack kills five near Ankara https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c937p1vzrx0o

 

[matticus]

Turkey defends itself Turkey strikes Kurdish sites after attack kills five near Ankara https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c937p1vzrx0o

Very few winners there.

One of my Turkish colleagues used to work at that site. I don't think she knew any of the victims:

Turkish Vice-President Cevdet Yilmaz said four of the victims of Wednesday's attack near Ankara were TAI employees, while the fifth was a taxi driver.

The victims were named by Turkey's state-run news agency as Cengiz Coskun, a quality control officer, Zahide Guclu, a mechanical engineer, security guard Atakan Sahin Erdogan, another employee called Huseyin Canbaz and Murat Arslan, the taxi driver.

 

[spen666]

Sits back with popcorn to wait comments from usual suspects justifying and condemning actions

 

[fozy tornip]

Sits back with popcorn deep fried lardons-in-batter drizzled with warm lard, to wait comments from usual suspects justifying and condemning actions

 

[spen666]

Whatever takes your fancy @fozy turnip

Other snacks are available

 

[monkers]

Sits back with popcorn to wait comments from usual suspects justifying and condemning actions

I guess if we all just say ''they are all equally to blame'' that settles the matter to your satisfaction?

 

[matticus]

This is very dull: shirley SOMEONE here has an axe to grind on either the Turkish gov or the Kurds.

Anyone?!?

 

[Ian H]

The Kurds were promised a homeland after WW1 and the break-up of the Habsburg empire. It didn't happen and they've formed stateless minorities in several countries ever since. As you might expect, they've been subject to varying degrees of oppression over the years. They were fighting for independence in Syria, but that of course alarmed the Turkish government and led to a crackdown on Kurdish areas in Turkey.
And so it rumbles on.

 

[spen666]

I guess if we all just say ''they are all equally to blame'' that settles the matter to your satisfaction?

You can say that if it floats your boat, but I have never said that about this or the Israel Palestine situation.

 

[monkers]

You can say that if it floats your boat, but I have never said that about this or the Israel Palestine situation.

So wait, the game is to pick a side for you then to disapprove of it?

 

[spen666]

So wait, the game is to pick a side for you then to disapprove of it?

Says a lot about you that you think war is a game

Oh, and I have not picked any side in either dispute. It's not appropriate when all parties are involved in wrong doing

 

[Ian H]

Says a lot about you that you think war is a game

Oh, and I have not picked any side in either dispute. It's not appropriate when all parties are involved in wrong doing

You think this forum discussion is a war, do you?

 

[monkers]

Says a lot about you that you think war is a game

Oh, and I have not picked any side in either dispute. It's not appropriate when all parties are involved in wrong doing

Incorrect interpretation. I think that you are game playing re. sitting back with popcorn while smugly presenting as being superior in thought to others.

 

[spen666]

Incorrect interpretation. I think that you are game playing re. sitting back with popcorn while smugly presenting as being superior in thought to others.

I'm not playing any games, war is not a game

 

[Rusty Nails]

I'm not playing any games, war is not a game

It is not, but there is usually one side more responsible for instigating it.