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by Uzay Bulut • April 1, 2024 at 5:00 am
* [T]he Turkish government aims to conquer the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea – either militarily or demographically. The goal is the same: the islands' capture.
* The Turkish media also falsely and repeatedly claims that "152 Greek islands and islets in the Aegean belong to Turkey". These islands, however, historically and legally, belong to Greece, mainly through the 1924 Treaty of Lausanne, 1932 Turkish-Italian Agreements and the 1947 Paris Treaty.
* Conquest is part of Islamic jihad (warfare in the service of Islam) which, according to Islamic scriptures, is a communal obligation. The ideology of conquest in the name of jihad is what drove Ottoman Turks to invade and conquer lands stretching across Asia, Europe and Africa for more than 600 years.
* According to Islamists, Muslim military expansion is an act of Allah's favor because Allah bestows those places upon Muslim conquerors.
* The Turkish government's stance on the genocide is a bizarre combination of denial and conceit. First, they say that their ancestors did not commit genocide and that it was merely a war of self-defense. Then, they proclaim "they [Christians] deserved it" and "if need be, we could do it again".
* The US government seems to ignore that Turkey – acting as if it is the successor to the Ottoman Empire – does not stop threatening Greece, Cyprus and Armenia with military invasion.
* The US Congress would be well advised to reconsider its decision regarding F-16 sales to Turkey and this alliance altogether.

On Turkey's pro-government TV channel AHaber, political analysts and national security specialists recently discussed how the Turkish Air Force could strike Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Pictured: A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters flies over Istanbul Airport on September 20, 2018. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)

On Turkey's pro-government TV channel AHaber, political analysts and national security specialists on February 28 enthusiastically discussed how the Turkish Air Force could strike Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.

Speaking in front of a map of Turkey and Greece, Mesut Hakkı Caşın, a professor of international law and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's advisor for security and foreign policy, spoke about the Turkish Kaan fighter jet, which is currently under development, and said:

"This [Kaan] plane won't be spotted by Greek radars. As this plane hits the main targets [Aegean islands] here, the other plane accompanying it, [the UAV Bayraktar] Akıncı, can destroy all the radars here [on the islands], leaving the Greeks blind...

"Add to that our other unmanned combat aerial vehicles, Greek squares will be devastated in less than 3 hours...

"If the Greeks enter a war with us, all the weapons in all those islands will be war booty for us."

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** Words of Light In Dark Times ([link removed])
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by Lawrence Kadish • April 1, 2024 at 4:00 am
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More than 60 years ago, Rev. J.H. Traugott wrote: "Jesus Christ did not come to make life easy but rather to make men great." Now, during the holiday season for a number of religions, when many may feel as if they are going through dark times, this sermonette might offer some welcome light:

There was a man who lived nineteen hundred years ago...

This man not only spoke with an accent, he also lived with an accent. This is what really distinguished him from other...

His accent in life was not what can I get out of Life, but what can I give to life...

His accent was not how comfortable can he be, but rather how comfortable he can make others... His accent was not in helping himself, but in helping others... His accent was not on his own health but on how healthy he can make others...

His accent was on living a full and rich and loving life... His accent was on loving others...

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