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LET TURKS RULE THE MIDEAST AGAIN
New York Daily News
Sept 26 2014
Readers sound off on the Ottoman Empire, school clubs and political
correctness
Voice of the People for Sept. 26, 2014
Hope, R.I.: Since Iraq and Syria have proven incapable of governing
themselves, perhaps it is time to bring back the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey -- stable, Islamic, democratic and 75 million strong -- may be
the only power on Earth capable of bringing order out of this bloody
mess to its south.
With the support of the civilized world behind her, Turkey could try to
douse the flames of war. She could promote pluralism and tolerance,
provide autonomy to the Kurds, reopen schools and rebuild roads,
promote the stability needed for business to grow, and then slowly,
with purpose and patience, absorb the long-suffering peoples of Iraq
and Syria into the modern and democratic world.
Yes, Turkish history has its own ugly chapters, as Armenians can
attest. Still, it can be argued that the Turks did a better job of
governing this troubled, polyglot region than the British or French
did -- or we ourselves, for that matter. They certainly did better
than the Iraqis and Syrians have done under their homegrown butchers,
Saddam Hussein and Bashar Assad. Anyone got a better idea? Art Hayek
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/sept-26-ottoman-empire-school-clubs-political-correctness-article-1.1952743
New York Daily News
Sept 26 2014
Readers sound off on the Ottoman Empire, school clubs and political
correctness
Voice of the People for Sept. 26, 2014
Hope, R.I.: Since Iraq and Syria have proven incapable of governing
themselves, perhaps it is time to bring back the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey -- stable, Islamic, democratic and 75 million strong -- may be
the only power on Earth capable of bringing order out of this bloody
mess to its south.
With the support of the civilized world behind her, Turkey could try to
douse the flames of war. She could promote pluralism and tolerance,
provide autonomy to the Kurds, reopen schools and rebuild roads,
promote the stability needed for business to grow, and then slowly,
with purpose and patience, absorb the long-suffering peoples of Iraq
and Syria into the modern and democratic world.
Yes, Turkish history has its own ugly chapters, as Armenians can
attest. Still, it can be argued that the Turks did a better job of
governing this troubled, polyglot region than the British or French
did -- or we ourselves, for that matter. They certainly did better
than the Iraqis and Syrians have done under their homegrown butchers,
Saddam Hussein and Bashar Assad. Anyone got a better idea? Art Hayek
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/sept-26-ottoman-empire-school-clubs-political-correctness-article-1.1952743