RE: Nationalism and secularism
April 19, 2012 at 9:05 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2012 at 9:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The formation of a fascist nation along purely ethnic lines will put you in the unfortunate position of being political pariahs Mehmet, you can't be so naive as to not realize this. Turkey has absolutely nothing to bargain with to alleviate the pressure this would cause. It would be self imposed (though perhaps unintentional) isolationism. Your army (like your country) is heavily dependent upon the U.S. You would require yet more weapons and investment in setting up this nation of yours, and as it seems that military power is of the utmost importance to you this would mean that somebody (and you could always source another supplier, since you seem to think the U.S. is the great white fucking satan, lol) would end up owning you. You would be unbelievably indebted to whomever provides you with the means to accomplish this self defeating goal. Again, due to the nature of the state that you're proposing, it's likely that we wouldn't be feeding you the cash and weapons you need. That would decrease your bargaining power even further, so not only would you be indebted for these things, you'd be getting raked over the coals for them, just because whatever supplier you go with could set their price to whatever they liked. Now, you keep beating your chest about nations trembling under some turkish army, this is a fairy tale Mehm. Your nation doesn't even register as a blip on the scale of military powers. Your only claim to fame are the nuclear weapons -that we gave you-. Fortunately, we had the foresight to deny you the types of delivery systems that would make this a credible threat to an actual superpower (maybe somebody saw you coming Mehm?).
As I've said, it's been tried, but you're welcome to give it another go. But what the hell, heading down a road that would do little but weaken your nation and people couldn't possibly go wrong. It's not like there are people eyeing your lands, right? People who might immediately find themselves the beneficiaries of legitimate superpowers, people who would then easily court the UN and provide the impetus for sanctions against your brand new state, people who would ultimately end up with a state all their own, rising from the ashes of your failed ethnic holy war?
As I've said, it's been tried, but you're welcome to give it another go. But what the hell, heading down a road that would do little but weaken your nation and people couldn't possibly go wrong. It's not like there are people eyeing your lands, right? People who might immediately find themselves the beneficiaries of legitimate superpowers, people who would then easily court the UN and provide the impetus for sanctions against your brand new state, people who would ultimately end up with a state all their own, rising from the ashes of your failed ethnic holy war?
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