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een prachtige (sarcastisch) artikel uit een turkse krant. Gelukkig zijn er ook nog turkse journalisten die oog hebben voor de realiteit en hun mening durven te geven:

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
BURAK BEKDIL

In these days full of boring speeches by the main opposition and near hate-speeches by the opposition leaders, we should all be grateful to the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, bigwigs for the unmatched laughter their speeches cause. A heartfelt thank you!

European Union candidate Turkey’s best regional friend (and perhaps global, with the exception of Pakistan) Syria coincidentally happens to be on another friend’s list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism.” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, however, made it clear years ago that Muslims do not commit acts of terror. So, sorry gringos, there must be something wrong with your list.

Besides, Erdoğan, in another act of international jurisprudence, has commanded that we should all respect the democratically elected leaders of the Middle East. Hey, do the Americans know what percentage of the national vote Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won in the last general elections? Ok, the Syrians didn’t make it public in order not to embarrass the opposition, but it can’t be less than 98 percent. Muslims don’t rule their countries undemocratically.

You might be curious about a slew of organizations all the way from Black September right through to present day syndicates like Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda, or about the suicide bombs that killed Israeli children on school buses. Don’t be curious.

Black September was a film title; Hamas and Hezbollah are popular political parties; al-Qaeda is a Jewish-American plot; and bombings in Israeli territory are self-defense. Still not satisfied? Remember, Muslims don’t resort to terrorism.

But listen to that. After all the storms between Ankara and Tel Aviv – the city inhabited by those who know well how to kill – the benevolent Turks want to resume their role as honest broker between Israel and Syria. Mr. Strabismus Depth, otherwise known as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, said in Paris that Turkey was ready to oversee a new stage of secret peace talks between Israel and Syria. Muslims don’t act as dishonest brokers.

What else do Muslims not do? The entire world sighed with relief when Erdoğan assured everyone that Iran’s nuclear program was entirely peaceful. Muslims don’t build nuclear weapons. Are you still in doubt? Don’t you believe the prime minister of Turkey? Muslims don’t tell lies.

What else? While the United Nations puts the death toll in Darfur at 300,000 and the United States brands the massacres there as genocide, Mr. Strabismus Depth thinks Darfur is experiencing its most stable period. He may be right. There probably aren’t many people left to destabilize the region.

When the International Criminal Court, or ICC, has an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity against Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan’s Muslim president, Davutoğlu thinks that “there is no problem with al-Bashir in the world.” The world must be wrong. The ICC must be discriminating against this peaceful Muslim, al-Bashir, the man with a treasure box of “black jewels” in the heart of Africa. Al-Bashir is the man for whom President Abdullah Gül castigated Brussels in saying it should mind its own business and not intervene in Turkish affairs. Muslims don’t let Christians intervene in their own affairs.

Al-Bashir is or is not coming to Turkey. That should not matter. Genocide? Massacres? Crimes against humanity? Wait there! Erdoğan said he went to Darfur and “did not see any genocide around.” Bodies properly buried? No. Muslims don’t commit genocide. Jews know well how to kill, Muslims don’t. That explains why Erdoğan has said he would be more comfortable talking to (Muslim) al-Bashir than to (Jewish) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister.

To sum up:

1. Jews know well how to kill, they are liars and persecutors who use weapons of mass destruction;

2. Syria is not a rogue state;

3. Nor is Iran, neither has it any intentions of building nuclear weapons;

4. The Chinese are committers of “near genocide;”

5. No genocide or massacres ever took place in Darfur, which is going through its most stable period;

6. The EU should not intervene in Turkish affairs when it comes to Ankara hosting a man with an arrest warrant from an international court for crimes against humanity;

7. Muslims don’t commit genocide, and since al-Bashir is a Muslim, he is automatically innocent.

Enjoy your “bridge” even more! But don’t forget, Muslims don’t commit genocide. And you need an honest broker between Israel and Syria? Think about Erdoğan plus al-Bashir. Muslims aren’t dishonest brokers.

BRON: Hurriyet Daily News