The point to which anti-americanism without purpose had reached over here

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/locals-...sCatID=341

This story tells about how 8 people in Bodrum have attacked a US soldier in retaliation to the 2003 Süleymaniye events, in which our soldiers have been treated by the Americans like dogs, with bags put over their heads.
Now, don't get me wrong. I too have howled for retaliation for this shameful humiliation our soldiers had to endure at the hands of the foreigner.
However, attacking a US soldier who had nothing to do with it seems to me like a rather....useless enterprise.
Now the group of people who have attacked the soldier face 16 years of prison.
Obviously this is not the only time this happened. International media states that this was done by "nationalists", whereas I know for sure that this is the work of a leftist group called the TGB, a group supported by the Turkish worker's party.
To be honest, even though I can't say I'm devastated by whatever happened to the US soldier, I could say that in terms of justice, nothing has been served.

The US government did not really face any repercussions for insulting our army members, through their army members, meaning, their government.
My view? I believe that this is akin to watching a porn movie, and bragging about fucking the chick that was in that movie.
They did something, but at the same time, they didn't.

It was obviously the duty of the government to actually pressure the US government, but the anti-American sentiment has risen to such proportions, one can never know where the next move of anarchy will show itself, no matter with what intent, this leads only towards more injustice.

As I said before, I'm not really devastated about this, but I believe an injustice was done towards that particular US soldier, who was ganged upon and forcibly bagged, like our own soldiers have faced injustice by the US army members.
Maybe the US should consider this as a warning, to whatever happened before during the days of the cold war, where leftist-leaned youth have kidnapped an American soldier and thrown eggs towards a US military ship, however, things were different back then, as the "leftist-leaned" groups were actually soviet puppets and communists, who were threatening the integrity of the public back then.
This act of injustice, however did not carry similar intents due to soviet sympathy, but rather pure anti-american sentiment.
I too share that sentiment, but the weapon I would have used would not be a bag, but a pen.

For at the end of the day, what did the American public really understand from this enterprise? Nothing. It just served to create a similar sentiment towards Turks in America, putting our interests in jeopardy, whereas a written statement that clearly outlines the problems would have garnered a better response. Unfortunately, the incident is still being loaded on the backs of nationalists, although we too oppose the US military presence in our lands, we want them gone by government action, something that actually matters.