EASY way to retake Istanbul for the Europeans.

[Gaztelu]

No Balkan country can realistically win a war against Turkey even if there was a 21st century Balkan League.

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, didn't Serbia have the 4th or 5th most powerful military in Europe?

[poiuytrewq0987]

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, didn't Serbia have the 4th or 5th most powerful military in Europe?

Probably but that's not the case today nor were it sustainable due to the wars and terrorist bombings. The Anglo-American New World Order destroyed the Serbian spirit, soul and heart we had left after 500 years of Ottoman occupation. This is proven with our surrender to the NATO forces who bombed our country in 1999. Had we stayed strong we would've not capitulated and Kosovo would've been in Serbian hands today not in Anglo-American-NATO-Shiptar hands.

[poiuytrewq0987]

What about with an alliance with the Kurds and Armenians?

The Kurds could be useful for insurgency efforts in eastern portions of Anatolia but it doesn't have any conventional force and if it were to face Turkey's it would be beaten quite quickly. And the Armenians? They're too small numerically to present any real threat to Turks.

[Cato]

I'd rather re-take an American city first, namely Washington D.C., and hang the political turks from flagpoles.

Then we can talk about Byzantium.

[poiuytrewq0987]

I'd rather re-take an American city first, namely Washington D.C., and hang the political turks from flagpoles.

Then we can talk about Byzantium.

Then have racist rednecks in the government? That would be worse. Men like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are long gone and all America have are Jim Crows and Stormfront.

[Peasant]

Could we not retake Cyprus first?

[Turkophagos]

The Hellenes would have become as numerous as the Italians or Germans today.

That was lost more recently, back in 1922.








http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-T...2%80%931922%29

[Foxy]

Bisanzio, Efeso and Smirne back to Greece, Galata (a borough of Istanbul) and Sinope to Italy. Thank you. Bisanzio could also go to Venice anyway.......

[StonyArabia]

Many of the Kurds are actually loyal to Turkey despite what the Western press says. Kurds are very much integrated into Turkish society. There is only recent skirmishes between them and the Turks. Many Kurds have Turkish relatives as well. Kurds will not be allies to the West that's for certain. If the Turkish government in fact recognizes the Kurdish culture and language the question of independence would not even rear it's head. Turkey is also not Iraq where you can break it up apart based on ethnic and religious lines. Turks are more united and are very strong power in the Near East. A war with Turkey can and will indeed cause more havoc and destabilization in the Balkans and the Middle East than there is already. The situation is unrealistic and even dangerous in the long run to the Balkan regions and possibly the whole world.

[The Lawspeaker]

That's exactly why we should build up our forces and strike as soon as possible --- without a declaration of war.