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Old 12-17-2014, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike Bana View Post
You're picking a nit with me John. My friend's point was that when it comes to the two groups and their interactions with the government's they might oppose or when it comes to their treatment of anyone who opposes them, including their fellow Kurds for whom they allegedly desire a homeland (or in the case of the Taliban their fellow Pashtuns), there's no difference between the PKK and the Taliban. To him the notion of the secularism of the PKK versus the religious fanaticism of the Taliban means nothing...when to the victims, the philosophy makes not one bit of difference.
No difference? No difference? Jesus wept! When was the last time the PKK murdered 135 school children? How often have they shot a teenage girl in the head because she spoke out for the education of girls?

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