• Syrian Rebels take hostage 21 U.N. peacekeepers in Golan Heights
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[QUOTE=Megafan;39834029]Even though the new Libyan and Tunisian governments aren't particularly radical or fundamentalist? If anything they look more akin to the Turks in their moderation, and Turkey's a NATO member so that's saying something.[/QUOTE] they aren't comparable.
I thought that the title said "pacemakers" for a moment, and was very confused.
The peacekeepers are from the Philippines.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39834244]they aren't comparable.[/QUOTE] But he was the one comparing them? Like this bit here: [quote]Post-Assad Syria is going to look a lot like post-Ali Tunisia, post-Mubarak Egypt, and post-Gadaffi Libya[/quote] I'm not saying they're *exactly* like the Turkish government in any case, I'm just saying if you're going to compare it to something at least compare it to something remotely similar.
[QUOTE=Megafan;39834458]But he was the one comparing them? Like this bit here: I'm not saying they're *exactly* like the Turkish government in any case, I'm just saying if you're going to compare it to something at least compare it to something remotely similar.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]If anything they look more akin to the Turks in their moderation, and Turkey's a NATO member so that's saying something[/QUOTE] Turkey's politicians are horrible populist and the government has a habit of not working.
[QUOTE=Megafan;39834029]Even though the new Libyan and Tunisian governments aren't particularly radical or fundamentalist? If anything they look more akin to the Turks in their moderation, and Turkey's a NATO member so that's saying something.[/QUOTE] I agree that Libya and Tunisia are not repressive post-war radical hellholes, but that Turkey example is shite. Turkey served a huge purpose as protecting the European southeastern flank, it's not a NATO member because it's a paragon of secular justice or anything.
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