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romanic

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2. "Don't cuddle up to terrorists and then beg for sympathy when they come back to bomb you."
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 06:15 AM
Jun 2016

I want to say this to everyone who tries to be outraged about the lack of sympathy for Turkey in comparison to Paris/Brussels/Orlando/etc. It's not an issue of racism or xenophobia; it comes down to the Turkish government enabling ISIS, allowing it's border with Syria to allow anyone and everyone in and out to join ISIS or ISIS operatives to enter Europe, and the sneaky oil deals it has with ISIS itself. Not to mention the government increasing it's Islamic influences in it's secular government, it's outrage over Germany acknowledging it's involvement in the Armenian genocide, and the oppression they dole out against the Kurdish people.

tl;dr version: Fuck the Turkish government. I sympathize with the Turkish people but their government isn't worthy of such global sympathy.

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