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A good story, but that's as good as it gets, just a ficitonal story.
There can be no Turkish officer without English as his or her second language as it is mandatory to study it all through military scools and academies. This includes NCOs. My best bet would be that you had a master corporal or sergeant. These guys are regular citizens who comlete their mandatory service as regular corporals or sergeants and decide to stay in the army. The sergeant here is different from the master sergeant class. FYI, he has to have either one or two stripes on the arm in color red to distinguish him from the low rank NCO master sergeant. It is common for them to have poor or no foreign language speaking. You could also have a Korucu (Local guard) who are simply Kurdish tribesman enlisted under contract to perform scouting duties. OR you probably took along a kurdish terrorist to assist you in whatever you were doing out there. I do refrain from going into the pig issue at this stage. Best Regards |
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[/quote] I 've worked with both, and each of you have your "terroistic" moments.[/quote] I have made no generalisations about race or ethnicity. IMHO, anybody holding on to and using a weapon illegaly is a terrorist. Regardless of his ethnic origin, religious belief or the military he is associated with. I see no justification. "Kurdish terrorist" was written because there are no Turkish terrorists in that area. If there are, you can be sure that I'd be more as glad to get them in my scope vision as I would for anyone else. [/quote] We're constantly having to slap you lads on the wrist and send you back home when you wander your little teams into N. Iraq and vice versa with the Kurds.[/quote] You carry on slapping the wrists because we approach the issue on a different basis. Allies is what we think about the US military. Ever heard about the incident northwest of Rawandoz? Check the report of the incident involving "your associates" and two "American journalists". You may be surprised to see who was the member of the "little team" that interfered to provide security. Best Regards, PS= Thanks for your offer. I'd love to see the photos of the incident, should you decide it is worth sending it to me. |
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It seems as if you took offense to the fact that you had a field grade officer that had little working knowledge of the English language. You will have to get over that. It will not change the facts of the story, nor will in change the story itself. Or are you perhaps upset that we allowed him to eat the dehydrated potato to our amusement? I assure you, he didn't mind and we worked quite well for there rest of the operation. If you felt I was insulting Turkish SF, you're quite wrong. My first experience was with a major while attending SFQC, it was very professional and positive .. my latter experiences have been the same. Quote:
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I agree on the working relationship and your comments about the officials. Bureaucrats and politicians have a long way to go understanding necessities and rules of cooperation of nations. If only they could be humble once to consult the men out there. Quote:
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