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To: michael97123 who wrote (193189)7/25/2006 10:30:28 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The turks gave us moderate islam--even their islamic party is moderate.

Boy 'o Boy.. that's an understatement, pregnant with unspoken context..

Ataturk was RUTHLESS about Westernizing Turkey and oppressing any attempt to form an Islamic Republic out of the country.

Ataturk pummeled the Islamists into submission.

But am I happy that he did it? Absolutely.

Hawk