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  • Originally posted by BigPiney View Post

    Where are we at on that?
    There was a Kurdish protest in front of Turkey's embassy in Sweden last week. Turkey isn't ready to vote in favor of admitting Sweden. Finland might join without Sweden at first.

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    • Originally posted by BigPiney View Post

      Where are we at on that?
      They're already in.


      Ok, maybe not quite yet but close.
      Last edited by BlueK; 01-26-2023, 11:52 AM.

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      • Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

        There was a Kurdish protest in front of Turkey's embassy in Sweden last week. Turkey isn't ready to vote in favor of admitting Sweden. Finland might join without Sweden at first.
        Kurdish protest? Somebody burned a copy of the Quran in front of the embassy in Sweden. Millions have been protesting in Turkey and elsewhere. Yeesh.
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        • Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

          Kurdish protest? Somebody burned a copy of the Quran in front of the embassy in Sweden. Millions have been protesting in Turkey and elsewhere. Yeesh.
          Right. There were actually two protests. One was the Kurdish protest, and the other that sparked the biggest reaction was the burning of the Quran. Pretty crazy.

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          • Damn these russians.

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            • I guess I don’t understand how one person burning the Quran can keep an entire country out of nato. I guess turkey just wants a reason to vote no even if that reason isn’t valid.
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              • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                I guess I don’t understand how one person burning the Quran can keep an entire country out of nato. I guess turkey just wants a reason to vote no even if that reason isn’t valid.
                Yeah they were already trying to vote no.
                Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                  I guess I don’t understand how one person burning the Quran can keep an entire country out of nato. I guess turkey just wants a reason to vote no even if that reason isn’t valid.
                  Manufactured pretext.
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                  • Muslims are dumb

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                    • Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                      Muslims are dumb
                      If sweden is blocked from NATO because of this stunt, it will be one of dumbest episodes in the history of Islam.
                      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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                      • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                        I guess I don’t understand how one person burning the Quran can keep an entire country out of nato. I guess turkey just wants a reason to vote no even if that reason isn’t valid.
                        More the current Erdogan government than Turkey the country. Erdogan is up for election and it's thought there is a better than decent chance he could be voted out in favor of a centrist western leaning party. Let's hope it holds, but the trend toward extreme right anti-democracy types has lost a lot of steam with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has made pro-Putin authoritarianism look pretty bad. A year ago no one would have expected Bolsonaro in Brazil to lose, for example.
                        Last edited by BlueK; 01-28-2023, 11:30 AM.

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                        • Yeah, nuclear war isn't so bad...



                          This is why we need to nuke Russia and stop all that global warming they are doing with that fossil fuel.
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                          • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                            Yeah, nuclear war isn't so bad...



                            This is why we need to nuke Russia and stop all that global warming they are doing with that fossil fuel.
                            He’s right, by the way.
                            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                            • Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                              He’s right, by the way.
                              Yeah, never mind that Russia is backing out of the nuclear arms treaty... Nuclear war isn't much of a threat. Or was he right about the nuclear "Armageddon" thing?
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                              "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                              "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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                              • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

                                Yeah, never mind that Russia is backing out of the nuclear arms treaty... Nuclear war isn't much of a threat. Or was he right about the nuclear "Armageddon" thing?
                                Doesn't it seem like we're doing a lot more to prevent nuclear war than global warming, though? Maybe if it sounded scarier...
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