GOOD post
no you see it’s only genocide when extremists of my religion are being re-educated
Never expect any elected official to be critical of our foreign policy. You’ll just be disappointed.
I think there’s a running theme of sunni chauvinism in a lot of her seemingly hypocritical positions
It seems more Turkey-centric.
Ilhan Omar takes money from the pro-Erdogan Turkish American Steering Committee (TASC) [1] and has attended conferences with the Erdogan family.
The TASC lobbied against the recognition of the Armenian genocide and sanction placed on Turkey for their invasion of Syria. Ilhan voted present & against, respectively, rebuking the Democratic Party line on each.
This also fits with her endorsement of East Turkestan separatists. I’ve understood the East Turkestan terrorist organizations to be a part of Turkey’s imperial project. The East Turkestan Liberation Organization was founded in Turkey during the late 80’s, around the same time China began reporting an upsurge in separatist violence [2]
Edit: Tulsi was cancelled in 2018 for her Modi connections, but Ilhan can buddy up with Turkish fascists no problem. It’s almost like Left-wing discourse is easily manipulated, and the real issue with Tulsi at that time was her actions against the US occupation of Syria.
maybe, but the sunni schools are no where near as different as Christian sects. You’ll only notice the differences if you’re a huge nerd who spends too much time reading that shit.
i didn’t know any of this, thanks ignorant amerikkkan education!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdoğan
In December 2008, Erdoğan criticised the I Apologize campaign by Turkish intellectuals to recognize the Armenian Genocide, saying, “I neither accept nor support this campaign. We did not commit a crime, therefore we do not need to apologise … It will not have any benefit other than stirring up trouble, disturbing our peace and undoing the steps which have been taken”.[93] In November 2009, he said, “it is not possible for those who belong to the Muslim faith to carry out genocide”.
oof
In January 2016, more than a thousand academics signed a petition criticizing Turkey’s military crackdown on ethnic Kurdish towns and neighborhoods in the east of the country, such as Sur (a district of Diyarbakır), Silvan, Nusaybin, Cizre and Silopi, and asking an end to violence.[251] Erdoğan accused those who signed the petition of “terrorist propaganda”, calling them “the darkest of people”. He called for action by institutions and universities, stating, “Everyone who benefits from this state but is now an enemy of the state must be punished without further delay”.[252] Within days, over 30 of the signatories were arrested, many in dawn-time raids on their homes. Although all were quickly released, nearly half were fired from their jobs, eliciting a denunciation from Turkey’s Science Academy for such “wrong and disturbing” treatment.[253] Erdoğan vowed that the academics would pay the price for “falling into a pit of treachery”.
bigger oof :C
1 She didn’t deny the Armenian Genocide. She clearly implied it should be recognised, but not used as a tool in America’s growing animosity towards Turkey.
For people who pride themselves on seeing through American propaganda, Chapos somehow missed that this whole spat with Turkey was to enforce American control of its NATO allies. Turkey opposed the Iraq invasion, has sought to improve ties with Russia, and didn’t go along with America’s FSA->SDF switch. The US doesn’t give a shit about genocide or any of the actual bad things Erdogan has done. They do care if a Muslim nation aaserts independence and seeks regional leadership at America’s expense.
2 Ilhan did not call the Uighur camps Genocide. She said mass detention.
This is not hypocrisy. It’s two different takes on two different situations.
I know this can be hard to understand, but you don’t have to tweet your opinion about everything you hear
I think it’s useful for entryists to see so hopefully they begin to understand the futility of their strategy. You are right though that there is a logic behind the squad doing shit like this, which is one of the reasons for that futility
It doesn’t cost you anything to keep your mouth shut and not repeat CIA propaganda
