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Forget Armenia, Turks Should Condemn American Indian Genocide

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By James (Cem) Ryan (about the author)     Page 2 of 3 page(s)

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This came out in one of the Ankara newspapers,

Over three columns, in a pitch-black screaming streamer.

In an Ankara newspaper, beside a photograph of Admiral Williamson, smiling in 66 square centimeters, his mouth in his ears, the American admiral.

America gave 120 million lira to our budget, 120 million lira.

"We are a half-colony of American imperialism, said Hikmet.

Nazim Hikmet is still continuing to be a traitor."-

 

Yes, I am a traitor, if you are a patriot, if you are a defender of our homeland,

I am a traitor to my homeland, I am a traitor to my country.

If patriotism is your farms,

if the valuables in your safes and your bank accounts is patriotism,

if patriotism is dying from hunger by the side of the road,

if patriotism is trembling in the cold like a cur and shivering from malaria in the summer,

if sucking our scarlet blood in your factories is patriotism,

if patriotism is the claws of your village lords,

if patriotism is the catechism, if patriotism is the police club,

if your allocations and your salaries are patriotism,

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James (Cem)Ryan is a writer living in Istanbul, Turkey. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds a Ph.D. in literature. His historical novel, Natural Affinities, about New York City during World War I, was published (more...)
 

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shame on you by john josephson on Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:37:13 PM
you filthy turkish low life propagandist: you're going down. by john josephson on Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:47:18 PM

 
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