- 28 Jun 2020 16:47
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You won't get what you want.
And not a legacy or memory of goodwill, but the usual and near universal memory of malign neglect punctuated with periods of tyranny and massacre.
That looks like one of the fakest photo paste-jobs i've ever seen
This one too
Anyway, this attempt at an Neo-Ottoman revival lacks a number of things, like actual Osmanlis for one thing, or any serious candidates for would-be Caliph/Sultan.
I tell you things look good for now. Hopefully it will look pretty good when we get what we want in Syria and Libya.
You won't get what you want.
Of course, every neighbor of Turkey has a history with us. All of them were part of us. Ottoman legacy is everywhere.
And not a legacy or memory of goodwill, but the usual and near universal memory of malign neglect punctuated with periods of tyranny and massacre.
Mustafa Kemal Pasha, as an Ottoman general, in Libya a hundred years ago:
That looks like one of the fakest photo paste-jobs i've ever seen
Fahreddin Pasha, as an Ottoman governor, in Medina, today's Saudi Arabia a hundred years ago:
This one too
Anyway, this attempt at an Neo-Ottoman revival lacks a number of things, like actual Osmanlis for one thing, or any serious candidates for would-be Caliph/Sultan.