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To: zonder who wrote (7470)	3/3/2004 8:15:49 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

If the intention is not to equate the two things, then what is the purpose of drawing the parallel? Pointing at the similarities A word game, huh. OK, I'll reword the question - what is the purpose of pointing at the similarities? Please don't say to draw parallels, OK? I don't need to google anything to know that the several hundred thousand Greek refugees created when Turkey invaded Cyprus 3 decades ago That's all you need to know about the subject, is it? For the purposes of this discussion it is. Let's start like this: (1) Why do you think Turkey sent troops to Northern Cyprus three decades ago? (2) How on earth can Turkey be "currently oppressing Greeks" if they have no power over the Greek side, separated by the Green Line? (3) Why would Greeks withdraw their (opposition?) to Turkey joining the EU if Turkey was oppressing them? Replies to these questions follow: (1)Without being able to read the minds of Turkish govt leaders, I'd be generous and say (as I did in my last post) that they were acting in defense of the rights of ethnic Turkish citizens of Cyprus at the time of the invasion (potentially endangered by an imminent Greek coup on Cyprus). (2) Oh, we're going to say that merely depriving them of their homes isn't oppression. OK, then I'd bring up the enclaved Greeks - those few tens of thousands who missed being run out in the initial invasion and remained under Turkish rule. I don't how many of these are left as I understand the Turkish Cypriots have been harassing them to leave for decades. Clearly you can't say these aren't oppressed. (3) I don't know, but its irrelevant. Similar to pointing at the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt or past peace negotiations between Israel and PA. You also need to explain how Turkey is "currently" oppressing the Kurds. You must have forgotten to refer to it in this post. No, I decided I don't need to refer to the Kurds at all. The Greeks are more than enough for my purpose which is to draw parallels between Israel's and Turkey's situation. I only need one example to do that. The Greek situation is the simplest and sufficient.