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OUR RELATIONS WITH TURKEY? >> Guest: -- THE RESOLUTION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ONE'S POSITION IS ON IT COMES AT A TIME U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS ARE STRAINED...
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WEEK, THE PKK KILLED ABOUT 30 TURKS AND A LOT ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND SAY IT IS BASED IN IRAQ, CONTROLLED BY THE AMERICANS AND THE FACT THEY ARE NOT...
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DON'T CONDONE IT. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. MY POSITION IS THIS IS HISTORICAL ISSUE AND BEST LEFT TO HISTORIANS AND SCHOLARS AND ...
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AN UNFORTUNATE MOMENT BECAUSE IT ALSO COMES AT A TIMES WHEN TURKEY IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN U.S. WAR PLANNING TOWARDS IRAQ. WHETHER THE STRATEGY...
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DOCUMENTED IN THE UNITED STATES RECORD RELATING TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IS THAT CONFRONTATIONAL? >> Guest: LOOK. THE TURKS...
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A FOREIGN COUNTRY LEGISLATING ON AN ISSUE ABOUT TURKISH HISTORY AND GOING AGAINST WHAT THE TURKS THINK ARE HISTORICAL FACTS BECAUSE THEY VIEW THIS AS...
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| 00:05:41 |
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DATELINE ISTANBUL. -- AGAINST KURDISH REBELS IN NORTHERN IRAQ AND TO LIMIT ACCESS TO CRITICAL AIR AND LAND ROUTES THAT HAVE BECOME A LIFELINE FOR U.S....
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THIS WAR AND STOP -- THEY CAN'T STOP THE FUNDING SO THEY WILL TRY EVERY WAY AND IN THE LONG RUN, THEY WILL HURT OUR SOLDIERS AND GET MORE KILLED. THESE...
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SOME MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE JOINT WAR EFFORT
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TO CONTINUE THROUGH TURKEY, SUCH AS USING THE HUBS, FOR WHICH A LOT OF LOGISTIC SUPPORT GOES INTO IRAQ. THE SAME FOR THE WAR EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN....
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GENOCIDE? YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE TRANS-ATLANTIC STRARVELEY, WHO HAS THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY CONDEMNING THESE ORT KILLING OF THE INDIANS, WHAT ABOUT...
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THE RIGHT RESPONSIBILITY IN CONDEMNING OTHER PEOPLES? >> Host: THANK YOU. >> Guest: A GOOD QUESTION. ACTUALLY RAISED WHEN THE COMMITTEE VOTED ON THE...
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IN HISTORY THAT
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THIS DEVILS INTO AND -- DELVES INTO HISTORICAL DEBATE AND NOT NECESSARILY POLITICS, WHICH CONGRESS IS ABOUT. >> Host: WASHINGTON, GOOD AHEAD, PLEASE....
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THE FOREFRONT WHEN HE'S ELECTED. BUT NOW, TODAY, WHAT IS THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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US GOING TO
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WAR
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AGAINST
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SADDAM HUSSEIN AND TALKING ABOUT HOW HE GASSED HIS OWN PEOPLE, NAMELY THE KURDS, BY THE THOUSANDS AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE OF US GOING TO WAR AGAINST ...
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CONGRESS HAS ADOPTED,
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A, THIS IS SO FAR BACK IN HISTORY, PASSING A RESOLUTION ON IT IS NOT GOING TO CORRECT ANYTHING, B, THERE IS SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ON IT THAT PASSING...
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THANK C-SPAN FOR HAVING THIS GENTLEMAN ON TO AT LEAST TELL THE COUNTRY WHAT KIND OF BAD SITUATION THE CONGRESS IS GETTING READY TO GET US IN. THE DEMOCRATS...
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IT ONLY MAKES THESE ANCIENT HATREDS FASTER AND FESTER TO LOOK BACK 100 YEARS AND PASS RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS. IT IS NOT HELPING, IT IS ABOUT TREASONISM,...
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IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE WAR EFFORT TO BE EXECUTED IN A SPEEDY MANNER, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS IMPROVEMENT ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ. ANOTHER...
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STORY THAT WE DISCUSSED LESS OFTEN THAN IRAQ. TURKEY ACTUALLY HAS TROOPS THERE, ABOUT 1200 OF THEM, A BIG PART OF THE THAT THE FORCE THERE, A NATO...
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| 00:14:35 |
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SOMETHING. IF THERE IS AN INVASION FROM TURKEY INTO IRAQ, HOW -- YOU KNOW, TURKEY IS TRYING TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION. HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT
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WILL AFFECT
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THEM? >> Guest: GOOD QUESTION. I
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THINK THAT TURKEY'S PROCESS IS FIRST OF ALL UNFORTUNATELY PRETTY MUCH STALLED. I'M A STRONG PROPONENT BUT TALKS HAVE BEEN FROZEN LARGELY DUE TO THE...
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AN INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ TO COMBAT PKK, THEY WILL NOT WORRY HOW EUROPE WILL RESPOND BECAUSE FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THAT IS NOT MOVING....
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RIGHT AFTER THAT. WHEN THE RUSSIANS INVADED THEY THEMSELVES ETHNICALLY CLEANSED
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TURKS. NUMBERS ARE DISPUTED. IT IS HARD TO GET THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS 1915 IN A REMOTE CORNER OF THE WORLD, NOW EASTERN TURKEY. I THINK ONE WAY...
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THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE AND THEY'RE VERY OLD NOW BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT THIS RESOLUTION COMES UP. AND COUNTER TO SOME
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OF THE TALKING POINTS OF THE OPPONENTS OF THE RESOLUTION OR GOP OR WHOEVER WOULD BE, THIS HAS BEEN COMING UP EVERY YEAR, IS IT NOT, FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS,...
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FORM SIMP THOOISING WITH SUFFERING. ALL HUMAN LOSSES ARE IMPORTANT WHETHER ONE WHO DIES OR A MILLION WHO DIE. BUT A LEGAL CATEGORY A LOT OF PEOPLE...
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100 YEARS AGO IS AN EFFORT TO UNDERMINE THE WAR IN IRAQ. IT PLACES OUR SOLDIERS AT GREATER RISK. IT IS BENEATH CONTEMPT. >> Guest: THE RESOLUTION,...
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INTO IRAQ AND SUPPORT THEM, AS WELL. THE TURKS, SO FAR HAVE BEEN QUITE LIBERAL IN THEIR ATTITUDE ATTITUDES --. REMIND YOU THIS IS USING THE TERRITORY...
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Caller: HELLO. WAIN TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOW NOTICING MAKE MY CONTRIBUTION. I WILL MAKE TWO POINTS AND I WANT THE SPEAKER TO ADDRESS THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE...
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IN AFRICA. APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 13 MILLION AFRICANS DIED ON THE -- UNDER BELGIAN COLONIALISM IN EXPLOITING THE CONGO. THIS IS HARDLY KNOWN TO ANYBODY...
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IS ONLY SOME OF THEM QUALIFY AS GENOCIDE BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL DEFINITION THAT EXISTS FOR IT CREATED
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AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS OF AWORLD -- AFTER WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. THIS IS NOT TO SAY IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER CASES OF MASSACRE. I THINK...
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OUR REMOVAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN AND RESTORING DEMOCRACY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, FROM A MILITARY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT KIND OF
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ALLY THREATENS THE LIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS? IT'S NOT CONGRESS THAT'S PUTTING AMERICAN SOLDIERS'S LIVES AT RISK BUT THE TURK SDISHG GOVERNMENT THREATENING...
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WAR EFFORT PROVIDING PRACTICALLY A BLANK CHECK TO ANY U.S. REQUEST TO DO ANYTHING
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THROUGH TURKEY. I DON'T THINK WE ARE SAYING THAT THE TURKEY IS THREATENING THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S NOT WHAT I STATED BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY I DISAGREE...
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SAFETY OF AMERICAN TROOPS IF TURKEY REDUCES THE SUPPLY LINES IN RESPONSE TO THIS CONGRESSIONAL VOTE. BACK TO THIS THREAT TO STRIKE NORTHERN IRAQ, HOW...
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GAF STAN, MY VIEW AS AN ANALYST. SECOND IT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF AN INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ BECAUSE SO FAR WHEN THEY CARRY OUT ATTACKS IN...
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MY CALL. >> Host: THANK YOU, CALLER. YOUR COMMENT? >>
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Guest: I HOPE THAT NOBODY DOES A MISTAKE OF RUINING THIS STRONG POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP. I THINK THAT TURKEY'S OFTEN AN UNDERSTATED ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES,...
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COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT'S AN
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NATO ALLY. SECOND ONLY PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRY A NATO ALLY, IMPORTANT IN A POST-9/11 WORLD. THESE ARE SHORT TERM AND MIDTERM U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES...
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A -- AT THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" CONTINUES. @ >>
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