From: dbd@urartu.sdpa.org (David Davidian)
Subject: Self-Refuting Servile Dolts in the Service of Turkish Genocide Apology 
Followup-To: the continued Turkish denial of their genocide of Armenians
Summary: apologists quoting a book deliniating the genocide of Armenians 
Keywords: quote from the "Forward" regarding the types of Turks & Kurds
Organization: S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:14:53 GMT

In article <9212251215@zuma.UUCP> sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic), a servile dolt
in the sercice of Turkish fascism attempted a response to article <9212231358.
AA04053@kocrsw06.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros 
Triantafyllopoulos) who duly noted: 

[ST]             |  o\__    | Ne mutlu anti-Argic diyene? | Beef: Real Food 

...idiotic doltism deleted, having nothing to do with the subject at hand.

[(*] [1] _Four Years Beneath the Crescent_ Rafael De Nogalas, Inspector General
[(*]  of Turkish Forces in Armenia and Military Governor of Egyptian Sinai 
[(*]  During the War, Translated from the Spanish by Muna Lee, Charles 
[(*]  Scribner's Sons, New York, London, 1926, page 17

Ha..."Turkish Forces in Armenia" ...according to Turkish Historical Revisionism
there was "never" a place called Armenia! What a pack of self-refuting fools!

[(*] He didn't have the guts to quote this either:
[(*] 
[(*]   "there can be no doubt that the Turk, in spite of all his
[(*]    defects, is the first soldier and the first gentleman of
[(*]    the Orient,"
[(*] 
[(*] and again, I finished my book saying:
[(*] 
[(*]    "As the last shoreline vanished my thoughts were filled with
[(*]    memories of the valor, devotion and uncomplaining sacrifice
[(*]    of the Turkish soldier. Suddenly I felt as if an icy hand
[(*]    had vehemently grasped my heart; and without reasoning why,
[(*]    I stood at attention and saluted those rose-tinted horizons
[(*]    and orange blossom skies which swung now like a veil before
[(*]    the land where I was leaving so many brave comrades sleeping
[(*]    the sleep of death beneath the flowery sod of its mountains
[(*]    and the burning sands of its deserts..."

[(*] By the way, leave the criminals and pathologial liars alone; they have 
[(*] been trashed long time ago.

[(*] Serdar Argic

Well, since this is such a good reference in the never-ending anti-Armenian,
anti-Greek, pro-fascist campaign of Turkish Genocide Apology, let's read what 
the American Embassy in Mexico City had to say regarding the Inspector General 
of Turkish Forces in Armenia, Nogales Bey's text:

From the last paragraph in the Forward by Edward Davis, American Embassy, 
Mexico City, February 1, 1926:

 "I would also add a word of warning to those who may perhaps read too super-
 ficially the vivid comment of Nogales Bey on the frightful details of the
 Armenian massacres. He means exactly what he says, but it must be observed
 that he discriminates most carefully in his indication of the type of Turk
 or Kurd figured in those attrocities. His observations cannot be adopted as
 substantiated the claims of those empty-head individuals who sweepingly 
 condemn the entire Turkish people. For example, he is careful to say, "there
 can be no doubt that the Turk, in spite of all his defects, is the first
 soldier and first gentleman of the Orient", and as an eyewitness he testifies
 that "the regular army of the Ottomans was entirely innocent of the
 Armenian massacres." [1]

			- - - Turkish-suggested reference - - -

[1] _Four Years Beneath the Crescent_ Rafael De Nogales, Inspector General of
    Turkish Forces in Armenia and Military Governor of Egyptian Sinai During 
    the War, Translated from the Spanish by Muna Lee, Charles Scribner's Sons,
    New York, London, 1926, from the Preface, last paragraph. 

To follow will be specific quotes by Nogales regarding Armenians and Anatolian 
Greeks sent on "Work Details" and never to return!

 
-- 
David Davidian <dbd@urartu.sdpa.org> | "We want to return to our homes, we 
S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies |  don't want Kurdistan to be an Armenia." 
P.O. Box 382761                      |  -Iraqi Kurdish Leader Jalal Talabani
Cambridge, MA 02238                  |   April 24, 1991 
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