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[Kifeas]

I think 100,000 would be enough to take Greece let alone Kos

I suggest you first check the arsenal inventory of each country, before you suggest to your motherland to make such an adventure, because even though Turkey has 5 times larger number of foot soldiers (0.2 vs. 1 mil.,) Greece has at par or even more and /or better equipment than Turkey, on nearly all levels!

[Eric dayi]

Extreme self doubt is evident in the multitide of national symbols which are used everywhere: busts of Attaturk, flags and more flags.

YOu see this conrtast if you take a cruise in the Aegean. You arrive Kos, an island that Turkey is threatening to occupy, yet the only Greek flag you see is on the port authority building. The ship goes across to Bodurm and there are flags everywhere, as if they need to assert the place is Turkish, something no one doubts. Seeing the flags everywhere a Canadian lady asked if it was a national holiday. It was not, it was a typical day in Turkey.

From what I know by fact, Turkey can easily occupy Kos, if they are ready to sacrifice 100,000 soldiers! The entire island is a huge banker that will be defended by 30,000 Kosites equipped with the latest state of the art weaponry. Same is true for each and every Greek island along the west coast of Turkey, where each islander is also a soldier at the same time!

"huge banker" eh? wow.

A couple of bombs in the right place and no more Kos to occupy or very little of it left.

[shahmaran]

I think 100,000 would be enough to take Greece let alone Kos

I suggest you first check the arsenal inventory of each country, before you suggest to your motherland to make such an adventure, because even though Turkey has 5 times larger number of foot soldiers (0.2 vs. 1 mil.,) Greece has at par or even more and /or better equipment than Turkey, on nearly all levels!

Well I am sorry but if I remember correctly, the last time you tried anything with a MUCH larger and MUCH more heavily equipped army, WITH the back up of the colonialists, you left that country with the worlds most humiliating defeat.

Thats just 1 of them as well

What makes you think you are better now?

[Eric dayi]

I think 100,000 would be enough to take Greece let alone Kos

I suggest you first check the arsenal inventory of each country, before you suggest to your motherland to make such an adventure, because even though Turkey has 5 times larger number of foot soldiers (0.2 vs. 1 mil.,) Greece has at par or even more and /or better equipment than Turkey, on nearly all levels!

Didn't they teach you at the gym where you train that without the manpower the equipment is as good as useless?

[Paphitis]

Extreme self doubt is evident in the multitide of national symbols which are used everywhere: busts of Attaturk, flags and more flags.

YOu see this conrtast if you take a cruise in the Aegean. You arrive Kos, an island that Turkey is threatening to occupy, yet the only Greek flag you see is on the port authority building. The ship goes across to Bodurm and there are flags everywhere, as if they need to assert the place is Turkish, something no one doubts. Seeing the flags everywhere a Canadian lady asked if it was a national holiday. It was not, it was a typical day in Turkey.

From what I know by fact, Turkey can easily occupy Kos, if they are ready to sacrifice 100,000 soldiers! The entire island is a huge banker that will be defended by 30,000 Kosites equipped with the latest state of the art weaponry. Same is true for each and every Greek island along the west coast of Turkey, where each islander is also a soldier at the same time!

"huge banker" eh? wow.

A couple of bombs in the right place and no more Kos to occupy or very little of it left.

Why doesn't Turkey have a go, you Peshevengi Clown?

Start your adventure against Greece and see who has the better firepower? You will be no match for the HAF and HN. If you do not beleive this, then research Greece's arsenal. Greece has armed herself to the teeth and is technologically superior to the TAF.

[Nikitas]

Shah, remember the Yavuz debacle off Kos?

Not the most glorious day in the history of the Turkish navy when the flagship of the Turkish navy, the frigate Yavuz got stuck in the sandy bottom, INSIDE GREEK TERRITORIAL WATERS in Kos. The Greeks did not send the navy in, the local coast guard took over the operation of getting the Yavuz unstuck with the aid of two navy tugs. They had to unload ammunition to lighten the ship. The whole process was broadcast on Greek TV but toned down so as not to insult the seamanship of the neighbors. Turkish navy ships watched the whole thing from outside Greek territorial waters. Obviously they did not want to risk another one getting stuck.

Before you get your 100 000 soldier over to Kos you got to get them on ships that sail straight first.

As they say in Greece "silk panties should be worn by dexterous asses".

[denizaksulu]

Extreme self doubt is evident in the multitide of national symbols which are used everywhere: busts of Attaturk, flags and more flags.

YOu see this conrtast if you take a cruise in the Aegean. You arrive Kos, an island that Turkey is threatening to occupy, yet the only Greek flag you see is on the port authority building. The ship goes across to Bodurm and there are flags everywhere, as if they need to assert the place is Turkish, something no one doubts. Seeing the flags everywhere a Canadian lady asked if it was a national holiday. It was not, it was a typical day in Turkey.

Perhaps 'Turks' have more pride in their flag than Greeks do. Apart from that, I think it is a lovely symbol (even though it is Byzantine in origin)

[miltiades]

If a solution is found in Cyprus then yes Turkey will be in the EU. If there is no solution then no EU for the animals.

I think your description of the Turkish people is despicable and racist.

[shahmaran]

Shah, remember the Yavuz debacle off Kos?

Not the most glorious day in the history of the Turkish navy when the flagship of the Turkish navy, the frigate Yavuz got stuck in the sandy bottom, INSIDE GREEK TERRITORIAL WATERS in Kos. The Greeks did not send the navy in, the local coast guard took over the operation of getting the Yavuz unstuck with the aid of two navy tugs. They had to unload ammunition to lighten the ship. The whole process was broadcast on Greek TV but toned down so as not to insult the seamanship of the neighbors. Turkish navy ships watched the whole thing from outside Greek territorial waters. Obviously they did not want to risk another one getting stuck.

Before you get your 100 000 soldier over to Kos you got to get them on ships that sail straight first.

As they say in Greece "silk panties should be worn by dexterous asses".

True Nikitas, but this is an isolated incident, indeed a funny one too but does not come close to the humiliation of an ENTIRE army who had the backup from the most powerfull armies in the world, nor does it change the fact some of the most powerful countries in the world have all left those lands with serious defeats.

Nevermind Çanakkale, I think your lovely "panties" metaphor is a perfect fit for the flashy Greek army that could not get out of Turkey fast enough.

[Nikitas]

The Greek army bit more than it could chew. The defeat was in the cards. But overall the record is not at all bad considering how it fought and what it accomplished from 1821 onwards. The balance is heavily in their favor.