Istanbul Protests: "Curse the PKK, Curse America"

[slipslidingaway]

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/america/2007/10/istanbul_protests_curse_the_pkk.html?hpid=topnews

"ISTANBUL - Thousands took to the streets of Istanbul today to protest the deaths of seventeen Turkish soldiers at the hands of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), crying, "Destroy the PKK," and "We are All Turks."

...But much of their anger was directed at America: "Close down Incirlik," referring to America's air base in Turkey, "Tell the U.S. to get out now!" and most emphatically, "Curse the PKK, Curse America!"

Over the past decade, The Pew Research Center shows U.S. favorability ratings plummeting in Turkey from around 50% into the single digits.
"Turks were always opposed to the Second Iraq War,” Turkish journalist and PostGlobal panelist Soli Ozel explained. “Now, many in Turkey believe the U.S. wants an independent Kurdish state and therefore is at least complicit in partitioning Turkey as well. So far, the U.S. has made many promises but has done nothing against the PKK."

[MADem]

1. Oh, boy... nt

[Rhythm and Blue]

2. Give back Constantinople and then we'll talk, you Mohametan savages.

As long as we're stirring up shit with them by dragging out past crimes, why not?