tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11073478.post112956911988409797..comments2023-03-24T05:58:58.993-04:00Comments on Canada's John Galt: Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, and Iraq today.Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07278208825096999552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11073478.post-1129573588368992372005-10-17T14:26:00.000-04:002005-10-17T14:26:00.000-04:00Agreed. The parallels are there today with the Gr...Agreed. The parallels are there today with the Great Powers involvment then as in now. It is my hope that a man like Mustafa Kemmel emerges from Iraq to lead them to a modern and pluralistic future.Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278208825096999552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11073478.post-1129572615202745572005-10-17T14:10:00.000-04:002005-10-17T14:10:00.000-04:00Yes, Türkiye is a good model for such developing c...Yes, Türkiye is a good model for such developing countries. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, except Türkiye, every country living under control of Ottoman Empire is still having trouble after the end of this empire. Balkanians, messopotamia etc. Near to the end of the empire, even it was not very strong, the emperors paid very much attention to those areas (there lives many nations and they lived peacefully). After the Ottomans, great forces of the new world are still playing with those countries. US plays with masopotamia against Europe, Russia plays with Balkanians against Europa etc.<BR/><BR/>The model will be useful but at first the great forces are to be with the same idea..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com